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Major
Dobbin
,
Jos
,
and
Georgy
followed
his
remains
to
the
grave
,
in
a
black
cloth
coach
.
Jos
came
on
purpose
from
the
Star
and
Garter
at
Richmond
,
whither
he
retreated
after
the
deplorable
event
.
He
did
not
care
to
remain
in
the
house
,
with
the
--
under
the
circumstances
,
you
understand
.
But
Emmy
stayed
and
did
her
duty
as
usual
.
She
was
bowed
down
by
no
especial
grief
,
and
rather
solemn
than
sorrowful
.
She
prayed
that
her
own
end
might
be
as
calm
and
painless
,
and
thought
with
trust
and
reverence
of
the
words
which
she
had
heard
from
her
father
during
his
illness
,
indicative
of
his
faith
,
his
resignation
,
and
his
future
hope
.
Yes
,
I
think
that
will
be
the
better
ending
of
the
two
,
after
all
.
Suppose
you
are
particularly
rich
and
well-to-do
and
say
on
that
last
day
,
"
I
am
very
rich
;
I
am
tolerably
well
known
;
I
have
lived
all
my
life
in
the
best
society
,
and
thank
Heaven
,
come
of
a
most
respectable
family
.
I
have
served
my
King
and
country
with
honour
.
I
was
in
Parliament
for
several
years
,
where
,
I
may
say
,
my
speeches
were
listened
to
and
pretty
well
received
.
I
do
n't
owe
any
man
a
shilling
:
on
the
contrary
,
I
lent
my
old
college
friend
,
Jack
Lazarus
,
fifty
pounds
,
for
which
my
executors
will
not
press
him
.
I
leave
my
daughters
with
ten
thousand
pounds
apiece
--
very
good
portions
for
girls
;
I
bequeath
my
plate
and
furniture
,
my
house
in
Baker
Street
,
with
a
handsome
jointure
,
to
my
widow
for
her
life
;
and
my
landed
property
,
besides
money
in
the
funds
,
and
my
cellar
of
well-selected
wine
in
Baker
Street
,
to
my
son
.
I
leave
twenty
pound
a
year
to
my
valet
;
and
I
defy
any
man
after
I
have
gone
to
find
anything
against
my
character
.
"
Or
suppose
,
on
the
other
hand
,
your
swan
sings
quite
a
different
sort
of
dirge
and
you
say
,
"
I
am
a
poor
blighted
,
disappointed
old
fellow
,
and
have
made
an
utter
failure
through
life
.
I
was
not
endowed
either
with
brains
or
with
good
fortune
,
and
confess
that
I
have
committed
a
hundred
mistakes
and
blunders
.
I
own
to
having
forgotten
my
duty
many
a
time
.
I
ca
n't
pay
what
I
owe
.
On
my
last
bed
I
lie
utterly
helpless
and
humble
,
and
I
pray
forgiveness
for
my
weakness
and
throw
myself
,
with
a
contrite
heart
,
at
the
feet
of
the
Divine
Mercy
.
"
Which
of
these
two
speeches
,
think
you
,
would
be
the
best
oration
for
your
own
funeral
?
Old
Sedley
made
the
last
;
and
in
that
humble
frame
of
mind
,
and
holding
by
the
hand
of
his
daughter
,
life
and
disappointment
and
vanity
sank
away
from
under
him
.
"
You
see
,
"
said
old
Osborne
to
George
,
"
what
comes
of
merit
,
and
industry
,
and
judicious
speculations
,
and
that
.
Look
at
me
and
my
banker
's
account
.
Look
at
your
poor
Grandfather
Sedley
and
his
failure
.
And
yet
he
was
a
better
man
than
I
was
,
this
day
twenty
years
--
a
better
man
,
I
should
say
,
by
ten
thousand
pound
.
"
Beyond
these
people
and
Mr.
Clapp
's
family
,
who
came
over
from
Brompton
to
pay
a
visit
of
condolence
,
not
a
single
soul
alive
ever
cared
a
penny
piece
about
old
John
Sedley
,
or
remembered
the
existence
of
such
a
person
.
When
old
Osborne
first
heard
from
his
friend
Colonel
Buckler
(
as
little
Georgy
had
already
informed
us
)
how
distinguished
an
officer
Major
Dobbin
was
,
he
exhibited
a
great
deal
of
scornful
incredulity
and
expressed
his
surprise
how
ever
such
a
feller
as
that
should
possess
either
brains
or
reputation
.
But
he
heard
of
the
Major
's
fame
from
various
members
of
his
society
.
Sir
William
Dobbin
had
a
great
opinion
of
his
son
and
narrated
many
stories
illustrative
of
the
Major
's
learning
,
valour
,
and
estimation
in
the
world
's
opinion
.
Finally
,
his
name
appeared
in
the
lists
of
one
or
two
great
parties
of
the
nobility
,
and
this
circumstance
had
a
prodigious
effect
upon
the
old
aristocrat
of
Russell
Square
.
The
Major
's
position
,
as
guardian
to
Georgy
,
whose
possession
had
been
ceded
to
his
grandfather
,
rendered
some
meetings
between
the
two
gentlemen
inevitable
;
and
it
was
in
one
of
these
that
old
Osborne
,
a
keen
man
of
business
,
looking
into
the
Major
's
accounts
with
his
ward
and
the
boy
's
mother
,
got
a
hint
,
which
staggered
him
very
much
,
and
at
once
pained
and
pleased
him
,
that
it
was
out
of
William
Dobbin
's
own
pocket
that
a
part
of
the
fund
had
been
supplied
upon
which
the
poor
widow
and
the
child
had
subsisted
.
When
pressed
upon
the
point
,
Dobbin
,
who
could
not
tell
lies
,
blushed
and
stammered
a
good
deal
and
finally
confessed
.
"
The
marriage
,
"
he
said
(
at
which
his
interlocutor
's
face
grew
dark
)
"
was
very
much
my
doing
.
I
thought
my
poor
friend
had
gone
so
far
that
retreat
from
his
engagement
would
have
been
dishonour
to
him
and
death
to
Mrs.
Osborne
,
and
I
could
do
no
less
,
when
she
was
left
without
resources
,
than
give
what
money
I
could
spare
to
maintain
her
.
"
