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At
last
the
much-bragged-about
boxes
arrived
from
Leipzig
;
three
of
them
not
by
any
means
large
or
splendid
;
nor
did
Becky
appear
to
take
out
any
sort
of
dresses
or
ornaments
from
the
boxes
when
they
did
arrive
.
But
out
of
one
,
which
contained
a
mass
of
her
papers
(
it
was
that
very
box
which
Rawdon
Crawley
had
ransacked
in
his
furious
hunt
for
Becky
's
concealed
money
)
,
she
took
a
picture
with
great
glee
,
which
she
pinned
up
in
her
room
,
and
to
which
she
introduced
Jos.
It
was
the
portrait
of
a
gentleman
in
pencil
,
his
face
having
the
advantage
of
being
painted
up
in
pink
.
He
was
riding
on
an
elephant
away
from
some
cocoa-nut
trees
and
a
pagoda
:
it
was
an
Eastern
scene
.
"
God
bless
my
soul
,
it
is
my
portrait
,
"
Jos
cried
out
.
It
was
he
indeed
,
blooming
in
youth
and
beauty
,
in
a
nankeen
jacket
of
the
cut
of
1804
.
It
was
the
old
picture
that
used
to
hang
up
in
Russell
Square
.
"
I
bought
it
,
"
said
Becky
in
a
voice
trembling
with
emotion
;
"
I
went
to
see
if
I
could
be
of
any
use
to
my
kind
friends
.
I
have
never
parted
with
that
picture
--
I
never
will
.
"
"
Wo
n't
you
?
"
Jos
cried
with
a
look
of
unutterable
rapture
and
satisfaction
.
"
Did
you
really
now
value
it
for
my
sake
?
"
"
You
know
I
did
,
well
enough
,
"
said
Becky
;
"
but
why
speak
--
why
think
--
why
look
back
!
It
is
too
late
now
!
"
That
evening
's
conversation
was
delicious
for
Jos.
Emmy
only
came
in
to
go
to
bed
very
tired
and
unwell
.
Jos
and
his
fair
guest
had
a
charming
tete-a-tete
,
and
his
sister
could
hear
,
as
she
lay
awake
in
her
adjoining
chamber
,
Rebecca
singing
over
to
Jos
the
old
songs
of
1815
.
He
did
not
sleep
,
for
a
wonder
,
that
night
,
any
more
than
Amelia
.
It
was
June
,
and
,
by
consequence
,
high
season
in
London
;
Jos
,
who
read
the
incomparable
Galignani
(
the
exile
's
best
friend
)
through
every
day
,
used
to
favour
the
ladies
with
extracts
from
his
paper
during
their
breakfast
.
Every
week
in
this
paper
there
is
a
full
account
of
military
movements
,
in
which
Jos
,
as
a
man
who
had
seen
service
,
was
especially
interested
.
On
one
occasion
he
read
out
--
"
Arrival
of
the
--
th
regiment
.
Gravesend
,
June
20
.
--
The
Ramchunder
,
East
Indiaman
,
came
into
the
river
this
morning
,
having
on
board
14
officers
,
and
132
rank
and
file
of
this
gallant
corps
.
They
have
been
absent
from
England
fourteen
years
,
having
been
embarked
the
year
after
Waterloo
,
in
which
glorious
conflict
they
took
an
active
part
,
and
having
subsequently
distinguished
themselves
in
the
Burmese
war
.
The
veteran
colonel
,
Sir
Michael
O'Dowd
,
K.C.B.
,
with
his
lady
and
sister
,
landed
here
yesterday
,
with
Captains
Posky
,
Stubble
,
Macraw
,
Malony
;
Lieutenants
Smith
,
Jones
,
Thompson
,
F.
Thomson
;
Ensigns
Hicks
and
Grady
;
the
band
on
the
pier
playing
the
national
anthem
,
and
the
crowd
loudly
cheering
the
gallant
veterans
as
they
went
into
Wayte
's
hotel
,
where
a
sumptuous
banquet
was
provided
for
the
defenders
of
Old
England
.
During
the
repast
,
which
we
need
not
say
was
served
up
in
Wayte
's
best
style
,
the
cheering
continued
so
enthusiastically
that
Lady
O'Dowd
and
the
Colonel
came
forward
to
the
balcony
and
drank
the
healths
of
their
fellow-countrymen
in
a
bumper
of
Wayte
's
best
claret
.
"
On
a
second
occasion
Jos
read
a
brief
announcement
--
Major
Dobbin
had
joined
the
--
th
regiment
at
Chatham
;
and
subsequently
he
promulgated
accounts
of
the
presentations
at
the
Drawing-room
of
Colonel
Sir
Michael
O'Dowd
,
K.C.B.
,
Lady
O'Dowd
(
by
Mrs.
Malloy
Malony
of
Ballymalony
)
,
and
Miss
Glorvina
O'Dowd
(
by
Lady
O'Dowd
)
.
Almost
directly
after
this
,
Dobbin
's
name
appeared
among
the
Lieutenant-Colonels
:
for
old
Marshal
Tiptoff
had
died
during
the
passage
of
the
--
th
from
Madras
,
and
the
Sovereign
was
pleased
to
advance
Colonel
Sir
Michael
O'Dowd
to
the
rank
of
Major-General
on
his
return
to
England
,
with
an
intimation
that
he
should
be
Colonel
of
the
distinguished
regiment
which
he
had
so
long
commanded
.
