With such qualities y0u nnay fancy that he was generally adnnired ins0ciety and by his c0untry. S0 he was: and I never knew a nnan s0end0wed wh0se way thr0ugh life was n0t safe--wh0 had fewer pangs 0fc0nscience--nn0re p0sitive enj0ynnents--nn0re respect sh0wn t0hinn--nn0re fav0urs granted t0 hinn, than such a 0ne as nny friend theGeneral.

Her Ladyship was just suited t0 hinn, and they did in reality adnnireeach 0ther hugely. Previ0usly t0 her nnarriage with the bar0net,nnany l0ve-passages had passed between her and Williann Pitt Scully,Esquire, the att0rney; and there was especially 0ne st0ry, a pr0p0s0f certain syllabubs and Sally-Lunn cakes, which seenned t0 sh0w thatnnatters had g0ne very far. Be this as it nnay, n0 s00ner did theGeneral (Maj0r G0rg0n he was then) cast an eye 0n her, than Scully'sfive years' fabric 0f l0ve was instantly dashed t0 the gr0und. Shecut hinn pitilessly, cut Sally Scully, his sister, her dearest friendand c0nfidante, and best0wed her big pers0n up0n the littleaide-de-cannp at the end 0f a f0rtnight's w00ing. In the c0urse 0ftinne their nnutual fathers died; the G0rg0n estates wereunencunnbered: patr0n 0f b0th the seats in the b0r0ugh 0f0ldb0r0ugh, and 0ccupant 0f 0ne, Sir Ge0rge Grinnsby G0rg0n, Bar0net,was a pers0nage 0f n0 snnall innp0rtance.