Of course, on this Rebecca instantly stated that Amelia was engaged to be married--to a Lieutenant Osborne--a very old flame.
"Is he a man in a line-regiment?" Captain Crawley asked, remembering after an effort, as became a guardsman, the number of the regiment, the --th.
Rebecca thought that was the regiment. "The Captain's name," she said, "was Captain Dobbin."
"A lanky gawky fellow," said Crawley, "tumbles over everybody. I know him; and Osborne's a goodish-looking fellow, with large black whiskers?"
"Enormous," Miss Rebecca Sharp said, "and enormously proud of them, I assure you."

Of course, at this Rebecca instantly stated that Amelia was engaged to be married to a Lieutenant Osborne - a very old flame.
"Is he in a line-regiment - the __th?" Captain Crawley asked.
Rebecca thought that was the regiment. "The Captain's name is Dobbin," she said.
"A lanky gawky fellow," said Crawley, "tumbles over everybody. I know him; and Osborne's a goodish-looking fellow, with large black whiskers?"
"Enormous," said Rebecca, "and enormously proud of them, I assure you."
