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funk/' after all; witli of course, as there always is, a lady 

 in the case, at the bottom of it. Poor Pippin ! may thy 

 manes rest easy, and may thy fate forewarn all who would 

 sacrifice to Venus what belongs to Diana ! 



How Georgy went home in a post-chaise, and his arm 

 went home in a sling- ; how he was pardoned and rein- 

 stated y how he was nursed, watched, and petted ; and 

 how, when he did g'et about again, both the Vicar and 

 the Squire agreed (with a " hereafter " smile though) 

 that they were ^' really too young," hardly enters into 

 this history. Enough be it to add that we'll give odds 

 as to the Squire being a grandfather, and little Emmy a 

 happy mother, long before the Major can again talk of 

 pounding the '^young-un" at Exton-brook. 



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