George bowed over the hand, said nothing in reply to a remark of Crawley's, did not hear it even, his brain was so throbbing with triumph and excitement, and allowed them to go away without a word.
His wife saw the one part at least of the bouquet-scene.
It was quite natural that George should come at Rebecca's request to get her her scarf and flowers: it was no more than he had done twenty times before in the course of the last few days; but now it was too much for her.
William," she said, suddenly clinging to Dobbin, who was near her, "you've always been very kind to me--I'm-- I'm not well.
Take me home." She did not know she called him by his Christian name, as George was accustomed to do.
He went away with her quickly.
Her lodgings were hard by; and they threaded through the crowd without, where everything seemed to be more astir than even in the ball-room within.
