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They
were
two
months
later
than
the
Major
's
;
and
the
ship
's
surgeon
congratulated
himself
upon
the
treatment
adopted
by
him
towards
his
new
patient
,
who
had
been
consigned
to
shipboard
by
the
Madras
practitioner
with
very
small
hopes
indeed
;
for
,
from
that
day
,
the
very
day
that
he
changed
the
draught
,
Major
Dobbin
began
to
mend
.
And
thus
it
was
that
deserving
officer
,
Captain
Kirk
,
was
disappointed
of
his
majority
.
After
they
passed
St.
Helena
,
Major
Dobbin
's
gaiety
and
strength
was
such
as
to
astonish
all
his
fellow
passengers
.
He
larked
with
the
midshipmen
,
played
single-stick
with
the
mates
,
ran
up
the
shrouds
like
a
boy
,
sang
a
comic
song
one
night
to
the
amusement
of
the
whole
party
assembled
over
their
grog
after
supper
,
and
rendered
himself
so
gay
,
lively
,
and
amiable
that
even
Captain
Bragg
,
who
thought
there
was
nothing
in
his
passenger
,
and
considered
he
was
a
poor-spirited
feller
at
first
,
was
constrained
to
own
that
the
Major
was
a
reserved
but
well-informed
and
meritorious
officer
.
"
He
ai
n't
got
distangy
manners
,
dammy
,
"
Bragg
observed
to
his
first
mate
;
"
he
would
n't
do
at
Government
House
,
Roper
,
where
his
Lordship
and
Lady
William
was
as
kind
to
me
,
and
shook
hands
with
me
before
the
whole
company
,
and
asking
me
at
dinner
to
take
beer
with
him
,
before
the
Commander-in-Chief
himself
;
he
ai
n't
got
manners
,
but
there
's
something
about
him
--
"
And
thus
Captain
Bragg
showed
that
he
possessed
discrimination
as
a
man
,
as
well
as
ability
as
a
commander
But
a
calm
taking
place
when
the
Ramchunder
was
within
ten
days
'
sail
of
England
,
Dobbin
became
so
impatient
and
ill-humoured
as
to
surprise
those
comrades
who
had
before
admired
his
vivacity
and
good
temper
.
He
did
not
recover
until
the
breeze
sprang
up
again
,
and
was
in
a
highly
excited
state
when
the
pilot
came
on
board
.
Good
God
,
how
his
heart
beat
as
the
two
friendly
spires
of
Southampton
came
in
sight
.
Our
Major
had
rendered
himself
so
popular
on
board
the
Ramchunder
that
when
he
and
Mr.
Sedley
descended
into
the
welcome
shore-boat
which
was
to
take
them
from
the
ship
,
the
whole
crew
,
men
and
officers
,
the
great
Captain
Bragg
himself
leading
off
,
gave
three
cheers
for
Major
Dobbin
,
who
blushed
very
much
and
ducked
his
head
in
token
of
thanks
.
Jos
,
who
very
likely
thought
the
cheers
were
for
himself
,
took
off
his
gold-laced
cap
and
waved
it
majestically
to
his
friends
,
and
they
were
pulled
to
shore
and
landed
with
great
dignity
at
the
pier
,
whence
they
proceeded
to
the
Royal
George
Hotel
.
Although
the
sight
of
that
magnificent
round
of
beef
,
and
the
silver
tankard
suggestive
of
real
British
home-brewed
ale
and
porter
,
which
perennially
greet
the
eyes
of
the
traveller
returning
from
foreign
parts
who
enters
the
coffee-room
of
the
George
,
are
so
invigorating
and
delightful
that
a
man
entering
such
a
comfortable
snug
homely
English
inn
might
well
like
to
stop
some
days
there
,
yet
Dobbin
began
to
talk
about
a
post-chaise
instantly
,
and
was
no
sooner
at
Southampton
than
he
wished
to
be
on
the
road
to
London
.
Jos
,
however
,
would
not
hear
of
moving
that
evening
.
Why
was
he
to
pass
a
night
in
a
post-chaise
instead
of
a
great
large
undulating
downy
feather-bed
which
was
there
ready
to
replace
the
horrid
little
narrow
crib
in
which
the
portly
Bengal
gentleman
had
been
confined
during
the
voyage
?
He
could
not
think
of
moving
till
his
baggage
was
cleared
,
or
of
travelling
until
he
could
do
so
with
his
chillum
.
So
the
Major
was
forced
to
wait
over
that
night
,
and
dispatched
a
letter
to
his
family
announcing
his
arrival
,
entreating
from
Jos
a
promise
to
write
to
his
own
friends
.
Jos
promised
,
but
did
n't
keep
his
promise
.
The
Captain
,
the
surgeon
,
and
one
or
two
passengers
came
and
dined
with
our
two
gentlemen
at
the
inn
,
Jos
exerting
himself
in
a
sumptuous
way
in
ordering
the
dinner
and
promising
to
go
to
town
the
next
day
with
the
Major
.
The
landlord
said
it
did
his
eyes
good
to
see
Mr.
Sedley
take
off
his
first
pint
of
porter
.
If
I
had
time
and
dared
to
enter
into
digressions
,
I
would
write
a
chapter
about
that
first
pint
of
porter
drunk
upon
English
ground
.
Ah
,
how
good
it
is
!
It
is
worth-while
to
leave
home
for
a
year
,
just
to
enjoy
that
one
draught
.
Major
Dobbin
made
his
appearance
the
next
morning
very
neatly
shaved
and
dressed
,
according
to
his
wont
.
Indeed
,
it
was
so
early
in
the
morning
that
nobody
was
up
in
the
house
except
that
wonderful
Boots
of
an
inn
who
never
seems
to
want
sleep
;
and
the
Major
could
hear
the
snores
of
the
various
inmates
of
the
house
roaring
through
the
corridors
as
he
creaked
about
in
those
dim
passages
.
Then
the
sleepless
Boots
went
shirking
round
from
door
to
door
,
gathering
up
at
each
the
Bluchers
,
Wellingtons
,
Oxonians
,
which
stood
outside
.
Then
Jos
's
native
servant
arose
and
began
to
get
ready
his
master
's
ponderous
dressing
apparatus
and
prepare
his
hookah
;
then
the
maidservants
got
up
,
and
meeting
the
dark
man
in
the
passages
,
shrieked
,
and
mistook
him
for
the
devil
.
He
and
Dobbin
stumbled
over
their
pails
in
the
passages
as
they
were
scouring
the
decks
of
the
Royal
George
.
When
the
first
unshorn
waiter
appeared
and
unbarred
the
door
of
the
inn
,
the
Major
thought
that
the
time
for
departure
was
arrived
,
and
ordered
a
post-chaise
to
be
fetched
instantly
,
that
they
might
set
off
.
He
then
directed
his
steps
to
Mr.
Sedley
's
room
and
opened
the
curtains
of
the
great
large
family
bed
wherein
Mr.
Jos
was
snoring
.
"
Come
,
up
!
Sedley
,
"
the
Major
said
,
"
it
's
time
to
be
off
;
the
chaise
will
be
at
the
door
in
half
an
hour
.
"
Jos
growled
from
under
the
counterpane
to
know
what
the
time
was
;
but
when
he
at
last
extorted
from
the
blushing
Major
(
who
never
told
fibs
,
however
they
might
be
to
his
advantage
)
what
was
the
real
hour
of
the
morning
,
he
broke
out
into
a
volley
of
bad
language
,
which
we
will
not
repeat
here
,
but
by
which
he
gave
Dobbin
to
understand
that
he
would
jeopardy
his
soul
if
he
got
up
at
that
moment
,
that
the
Major
might
go
and
be
hanged
,
that
he
would
not
travel
with
Dobbin
,
and
that
it
was
most
unkind
and
ungentlemanlike
to
disturb
a
man
out
of
his
sleep
in
that
way
;
on
which
the
discomfited
Major
was
obliged
to
retreat
,
leaving
Jos
to
resume
his
interrupted
slumbers
.
