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The
first
thing
Mrs.
Osborne
showed
the
Major
was
Georgy
's
miniature
,
for
which
she
ran
upstairs
on
her
arrival
at
home
.
It
was
not
half
handsome
enough
of
course
for
the
boy
,
but
was
n't
it
noble
of
him
to
think
of
bringing
it
to
his
mother
?
Whilst
her
papa
was
awake
she
did
not
talk
much
about
Georgy
.
To
hear
about
Mr.
Osborne
and
Russell
Square
was
not
agreeable
to
the
old
man
,
who
very
likely
was
unconscious
that
he
had
been
living
for
some
months
past
mainly
on
the
bounty
of
his
richer
rival
,
and
lost
his
temper
if
allusion
was
made
to
the
other
.
Dobbin
told
him
all
,
and
a
little
more
perhaps
than
all
,
that
had
happened
on
board
the
Ramchunder
,
and
exaggerated
Jos
's
benevolent
dispositions
towards
his
father
and
resolution
to
make
him
comfortable
in
his
old
days
.
The
truth
is
that
during
the
voyage
the
Major
had
impressed
this
duty
most
strongly
upon
his
fellow-passenger
and
extorted
promises
from
him
that
he
would
take
charge
of
his
sister
and
her
child
.
He
soothed
Jos
's
irritation
with
regard
to
the
bills
which
the
old
gentleman
had
drawn
upon
him
,
gave
a
laughing
account
of
his
own
sufferings
on
the
same
score
and
of
the
famous
consignment
of
wine
with
which
the
old
man
had
favoured
him
,
and
brought
Mr.
Jos
,
who
was
by
no
means
an
ill-natured
person
when
well-pleased
and
moderately
flattered
,
to
a
very
good
state
of
feeling
regarding
his
relatives
in
Europe
.
And
in
fine
I
am
ashamed
to
say
that
the
Major
stretched
the
truth
so
far
as
to
tell
old
Mr.
Sedley
that
it
was
mainly
a
desire
to
see
his
parent
which
brought
Jos
once
more
to
Europe
.
At
his
accustomed
hour
Mr.
Sedley
began
to
doze
in
his
chair
,
and
then
it
was
Amelia
's
opportunity
to
commence
her
conversation
,
which
she
did
with
great
eagerness
--
it
related
exclusively
to
Georgy
.
She
did
not
talk
at
all
about
her
own
sufferings
at
breaking
from
him
,
for
indeed
,
this
worthy
woman
,
though
she
was
half-killed
by
the
separation
from
the
child
,
yet
thought
it
was
very
wicked
in
her
to
repine
at
losing
him
;
but
everything
concerning
him
,
his
virtues
,
talents
,
and
prospects
,
she
poured
out
.
She
described
his
angelic
beauty
;
narrated
a
hundred
instances
of
his
generosity
and
greatness
of
mind
whilst
living
with
her
;
how
a
Royal
Duchess
had
stopped
and
admired
him
in
Kensington
Gardens
;
how
splendidly
he
was
cared
for
now
,
and
how
he
had
a
groom
and
a
pony
;
what
quickness
and
cleverness
he
had
,
and
what
a
prodigiously
well-read
and
delightful
person
the
Reverend
Lawrence
Veal
was
,
George
's
master
.
"
He
knows
EVERYTHING
,
"
Amelia
said
.
"
He
has
the
most
delightful
parties
.
You
who
are
so
learned
yourself
,
and
have
read
so
much
,
and
are
so
clever
and
accomplished
--
do
n't
shake
your
head
and
say
no
--
HE
always
used
to
say
you
were
--
you
will
be
charmed
with
Mr.
Veal
's
parties
.
The
last
Tuesday
in
every
month
.
He
says
there
is
no
place
in
the
bar
or
the
senate
that
Georgy
may
not
aspire
to
.
Look
here
,
"
and
she
went
to
the
piano-drawer
and
drew
out
a
theme
of
Georgy
's
composition
.
This
great
effort
of
genius
,
which
is
still
in
the
possession
of
George
's
mother
,
is
as
follows
:
On
Selfishness
--
Of
all
the
vices
which
degrade
the
human
character
,
Selfishness
is
the
most
odious
and
contemptible
.
An
undue
love
of
Self
leads
to
the
most
monstrous
crimes
and
occasions
the
greatest
misfortunes
both
in
States
and
Families
.
As
a
selfish
man
will
impoverish
his
family
and
often
bring
them
to
ruin
,
so
a
selfish
king
brings
ruin
on
his
people
and
often
plunges
them
into
war
.
Example
:
The
selfishness
of
Achilles
,
as
remarked
by
the
poet
Homer
,
occasioned
a
thousand
woes
to
the
Greeks
--
muri
Achaiois
alge
etheke
--
(
Hom
.
Il
.
A.
2
)
.
The
selfishness
of
the
late
Napoleon
Bonaparte
occasioned
innumerable
wars
in
Europe
and
caused
him
to
perish
,
himself
,
in
a
miserable
island
--
that
of
Saint
Helena
in
the
Atlantic
Ocean
.
We
see
by
these
examples
that
we
are
not
to
consult
our
own
interest
and
ambition
,
but
that
we
are
to
consider
the
interests
of
others
as
well
as
our
own
.
