He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the

most killing grace--and coming back to the table, filled himself bumper

after bumper of claret, which he swallowed with nervous rapidity.

"He's priming himself," Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the

hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall.




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