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I wouldn't, for MY part, have the woman with twice her money." What did it matter to me whether the woman was good or not, provided she was rich? My course was quite clear. I told Dobble all that this gentleman had informed me, and being a pretty good hand at making a story, I made the widow appear SO bad, that the poor fellow was quite frightened, and fairly quitted the field. Ha! ha!
His name was Dobble. He was a tailor's son, and wanted to be a gentleman. A poor weak young creature; easy to be made tipsy; easy to be cheated; and easy to be frightened. It was a blessing for him that I found him; for if anybody else had, they would have plucked him of every shilling. Ensign Dobble and I were sworn friends.
If you had send dose vlowers while you knew I vas alife, I would have t'ought you done it to sell me a bill but you send 'em ven you t'ought I vas deat. Ged op your stuff, Mark, you bet your life I haf a bill for you. I will make it dobble vat I t'ought I vould. You are de only man dat has proved he vas my frient." "Did I ever tell you how I got on the south side of Ed Marks?" said Sam Wood.
My words had their effect upon Dobble, who stuttered and looked red, and then declared he never had the slightest intention of passing me by; so we became friends, and his mouth was stopped. He was very thick with the widow, but that lady had a very capacious heart, and there were a number of other gentlemen who seemed equally smitten with her. "Look at that Mrs.
What's more, we could see, perched on a high stool, and nodding politely, as if to salute old Brisket, the FEATHER OF DOBBLE'S COCKED HAT! When Dobble saw it, he turned white, and deadly sick; and the poor fellow, in an agony of fright, sunk shivering down upon one of the butcher's cutting-blocks, which was in the yard. "Betsy," says he, "open the yard door."
"A man of enormous wealth a tobacco-merchant West Indies; a fellow of no birth, however; and who, between ourselves, married a woman that is not much better than she should be. My dear sir," whispered he, "she is always in love. Now it is with that Captain Dobble; last week it was somebody else and it may be you next week, if ha! ha! ha! you are disposed to enter the lists.
"Really, Dobble, you are too bad, and should not mention names. The fact is, the girl was desperately in love with me, and had money sixty thousand pounds, upon my reputation. Well, everything was arranged, when who should come down from London but a relation." "Well, and did he prevent the match?" "Prevent it yes, sir, I believe you he did; though not in the sense that YOU mean.
He would have given his eyes ay, and ten thousand pounds more if I would have accepted the girl, but I would not." "Why, in the name of goodness?" "Sir, her uncle was a SHOEMAKER. I never would debase myself by marrying into such a family." "Of course not," said Dobble; "he couldn't, you know. Well, now tell him about the other girl, Mary Waters, you know."
He neither returned my visit, nor answered my note. The day after, however, I met him with the widow, as before; and going up to him, very kindly seized him by the hand, and swore I was as really was the case charmed to see him. Dobble hung back, to my surprise, and I do believe the creature would have cut me, if he dared; but I gave him a frown, and said
The toast is drunk with acclamation; Dobble returns thanks, and the whole party rejoin the ladies in the drawing-room. Young men who were too bashful to dance before supper, find tongues and partners; the musicians exhibit unequivocal symptoms of having drunk the new year in, while the company were out; and dancing is kept up, until far in the first morning of the new year.
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