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"We're ordered to Belgium. All the army goes—guards and all. Heavytop's got the gout, and is mad at not being able to move. O'Dowd goes in command, and we embark from Chatham next week." This news of war could not but come with a shock upon our lovers, and caused all these gentlemen to look very serious.
CHAPTER XXIII
Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass
What is the secret mesmerism which friendship possesses, and under the operation of which a person ordinarily sluggish, or cold, or timid, becomes wise, active, and resolute, in another's behalf? As Alexis, after a few passes from Dr. Elliotson, despises pain, reads with the back of his head, sees miles off, looks into next week, and performs other wonders, of which, in his own private normal condition, he is quite incapable; so you see, in the affairs of the world and under the magnetism of friendships, the modest man becomes bold, the shy confident, the lazy active, or the impetuous prudent and peaceful. What is it, on the other hand, that makes the lawyer eschew his own cause, and call in his learned brother as an adviser? And what causes the doctor, when ailing, to send for his rival, and not sit down and examine his own tongue in the chimney glass, or write his own prescription at his study-table? I throw out these queries for intelligent readers to answer, who know, at once, how credulous we are, and how sceptical, how soft and how obstinate, how firm for others and how diffident about ourselves: meanwhile, it is certain that our friend William Dobbin, who was personally of so complying a disposition that if his parents had pressed him much, it is probable he would have stepped down into the kitchen and married the cook, and who, to further his own interests, would have found the most insuperable difficulty in walking across the street, found himself as busy and eager in the conduct of George Osborne's affairs, as the most selfish tactician could be in the pursuit of his own.
Whilst our friend George and his young wife were enjoying the first blushing days of the honeymoon at Brighton, honest William was left as George's plenipotentiary in London, to transact all the business part of the marriage. His duty it was to call upon old Sedley and his wife, and to keep the former in good humour: to draw Jos and his brother-in-law nearer together, so that Jos's position and dignity, as collector of Boggley Wollah, might compensate for his father's loss of station, and tend to reconcile old Osborne to the alliance: and finally, to communicate it to the latter in such a way as should least irritate the old gentleman.
Now, before he faced the head of the Osborne house with the news which it was his duty to tell, Dobbin bethought him that it would be politic to make friends of the rest of the family, and, if possible, have the ladies on his side. They can't be angry in their hearts, thought he. No woman ever was really angry at a romantic marriage. A little crying out, and they must come round to their brother; when the three of us will lay siege to old Mr. Osborne. So this Machiavellian captain of infantry cast about him for some happy means or stratagem by which he could gently and gradually bring the Misses Osborne to a knowledge of their brother's secret.
By a little inquiry regarding his mother's engagements, he was pretty soon able to find out by whom of her ladyship's friends parties were given at that season; where he would be likely to meet Osborne's sisters; and, though he had that abhorrence of routs and evening parties which many sensible men, alas! entertain, he soon found one where the Misses Osborne were to be present. Making his appearance at the ball, where he danced a couple of sets with both of them, and was prodigiously polite, he actually had the courage to ask Miss Osborne for a few minutes' conversation at an early hour the next day, when he had, he said, to communicate to her news of the very greatest interest.
What was it that made her start back, and gaze upon him for a moment, and then on the ground at her feet, and make as if she would faint on his arm, had he not by opportunely treading on her toes, brought the young lady back to self-control? Why was she so violently agitated at Dobbin's request? This can never be known. But when he came the next day, Maria was not in the drawing-room with her sister, and Miss Wirt went off for the purpose of fetching the latter, and the Captain and Miss Osborne were left together. They were both so silent that the ticktock of the Sacrifice of Iphigenia clock on the mantelpiece became quite rudely audible.
"What a nice party it was last night," Miss Osborne at length began, encouragingly; "and—and how you're improved in your dancing, Captain Dobbin. Surely somebody has taught you," she added, with amiable archness.
"You should see me dance a reel with Mrs. Major O'Dowd of ours; and a jig—did you ever see a jig? But I think anybody could dance with you, Miss Osborne, who dance so well."
"Is the Major's lady young and beautiful, Captain?" the fair questioner continued. "Ah, what a terrible thing it must be to be a soldier's wife! I wonder they have any spirits to dance, and in these dreadful times of war, too! O Captain Dobbin, I tremble sometimes when I think of our dearest George, and the dangers of the poor soldier. Are there many married officers of the —th, Captain Dobbin?"
"Upon my word, she's playing her hand rather too openly," Miss Wirt thought; but this observation is merely parenthetic, and was not heard through the crevice of the door at which the governess uttered it.
"One of our young men is just married," Dobbin said, now coming to the point. "It was a very old attachment, and the young couple are as poor as church mice." "O, how delightful! O, how romantic!" Miss Osborne cried, as the Captain said "old attachment" and "poor." Her sympathy encouraged him.
"The finest young fellow in the regiment," he continued. "Not a braver or handsomer officer in the army; and such a charming wife! How you would like her! how you will like her when you know her, Miss Osborne." The young lady thought the actual moment had arrived, and that Dobbin's nervousness which now came on and was visible in many twitchings of his face, in his manner of beating the ground with his great feet, in the rapid buttoning and unbuttoning of his frock-coat, &c.—Miss Osborne, I say, thought that when he had given himself a little air, he would unbosom himself entirely, and prepared eagerly to listen. And the clock, in the altar on which Iphigenia was situated, beginning, after a preparatory convulsion, to toll twelve, the mere tolling seemed as if it would last until one—so prolonged was the knell to the anxious spinster.
"But it's not about marriage that I came to speak—that is that marriage—that is—no, I mean—my dear Miss Osborne, it's about our dear friend George," Dobbin said.
"About George?" she said in a tone so discomfited that Maria and Miss Wirt laughed at the other side of the door, and even that abandoned wretch of a Dobbin felt inclined to smile himself; for he was not altogether unconscious of the state of affairs: George having often bantered him gracefully and said, "Hang it, Will, why don't you take old Jane? She'll have you if you ask her. I'll bet you five to two she will."
"Yes, about George, then," he continued. "There has been a difference between him and Mr. Osborne. And I regard him so much—for you know we have been like brothers—that I hope and pray the quarrel may be settled. We must go abroad, Miss Osborne. We may be ordered off at a day's warning. Who knows what may happen in the campaign? Don't be agitated, dear Miss Osborne; and those two at least should part friends."
"There has been no quarrel, Captain Dobbin, except a little usual scene with Papa," the lady said. "We are expecting George back daily. What Papa wanted was only for his good. He has but to come back, and I'm sure all will be well; and dear Rhoda, who went away from here in sad sad anger, I know will forgive him. Woman forgives but too readily, Captain."
"Such an angel as YOU I am sure would," Mr. Dobbin said, with atrocious astuteness. "And no man can pardon himself for giving a woman pain. What would you feel, if a man were faithless to you?"
"I should perish—I should throw myself out of window—I should take poison—I should pine and die. I know I should," Miss cried, who had nevertheless gone through one or two affairs of the heart without any idea of suicide.
"And there are others," Dobbin continued, "as true and as kind-hearted as yourself. I'm not speaking about the West Indian heiress, Miss Osborne, but about a poor girl whom George once loved, and who was bred from her childhood to think of nobody but him. I've seen her in her poverty uncomplaining, broken-hearted, without a fault. It is of Miss Sedley I speak. Dear Miss Osborne, can your generous heart quarrel with your brother for being faithful to her? Could his own conscience ever forgive him if he deserted her? Be her friend—she always loved you—and—and I am come here charged by George to tell you that he holds his engagement to her as the most sacred duty he has; and to entreat you, at least, to be on his side."
When any strong emotion took possession of Mr. Dobbin, and after the first word or two of hesitation, he could speak with perfect fluency, and it was evident that his eloquence on this occasion made some impression upon the lady whom he addressed.
"Well," said she, "this is—most surprising—most painful—most extraordinary—what will Papa say?—that George should fling away such a superb establishment as was offered to him but at any rate he has found a very brave champion in you, Captain Dobbin. It is of no use, however," she continued, after a pause; "I feel for poor Miss Sedley, most certainly—most sincerely, you know. We never thought the match a good one, though we were always very kind to her here—very. But Papa will never consent, I am sure. And a well brought up young woman, you know—with a well-regulated mind, must—George must give her up, dear Captain Dobbin, indeed he must."
"Ought a man to give up the woman he loved, just when misfortune befell her?" Dobbin said, holding out his hand. "Dear Miss Osborne, is this the counsel I hear from you? My dear young lady! you must befriend her. He can't give her up. He must not give her up. Would a man, think you, give YOU up if you were poor?"
This adroit question touched the heart of Miss Jane Osborne not a little. "I don't know whether we poor girls ought to believe what you men say, Captain," she said. "There is that in woman's tenderness which induces her to believe too easily. I'm afraid you are cruel, cruel deceivers,"—and Dobbin certainly thought he felt a pressure of the hand which Miss Osborne had extended to him.
He dropped it in some alarm. "Deceivers!" said he. "No, dear Miss Osborne, all men are not; your brother is not; George has loved Amelia Sedley ever since they were children; no wealth would make him marry any but her. Ought he to forsake her? Would you counsel him to do so?"
What could Miss Jane say to such a question, and with her own peculiar views? She could not answer it, so she parried it by saying, "Well, if you are not a deceiver, at least you are very romantic"; and Captain William let this observation pass without challenge.
At length when, by the help of farther polite speeches, he deemed that Miss Osborne was sufficiently prepared to receive the whole news, he poured it into her ear. "George could not give up Amelia—George was married to her"—and then he related the circumstances of the marriage as we know them already: how the poor girl would have died had not her lover kept his faith: how Old Sedley had refused all consent to the match, and a licence had been got: and Jos Sedley had come from Cheltenham to give away the bride: how they had gone to Brighton in Jos's chariot-and-four to pass the honeymoon: and how George counted on his dear kind sisters to befriend him with their father, as women—so true and tender as they were—assuredly would do. And so, asking permission (readily granted) to see her again, and rightly conjecturing that the news he had brought would be told in the next five minutes to the other ladies, Captain Dobbin made his bow and took his leave.
He was scarcely out of the house, when Miss Maria and Miss Wirt rushed in to Miss Osborne, and the whole wonderful secret was imparted to them by that lady. To do them justice, neither of the sisters was very much displeased. There is something about a runaway match with which few ladies can be seriously angry, and Amelia rather rose in their estimation, from the spirit which she had displayed in consenting to the union. As they debated the story, and prattled about it, and wondered what Papa would do and say, came a loud knock, as of an avenging thunder-clap, at the door, which made these conspirators start. It must be Papa, they thought. But it was not he. It was only Mr. Frederick Bullock, who had come from the City according to appointment, to conduct the ladies to a flower-show.
This gentleman, as may be imagined, was not kept long in ignorance of the secret. But his face, when he heard it, showed an amazement which was very different to that look of sentimental wonder which the countenances of the sisters wore. Mr. Bullock was a man of the world, and a junior partner of a wealthy firm. He knew what money was, and the value of it: and a delightful throb of expectation lighted up his little eyes, and caused him to smile on his Maria, as he thought that by this piece of folly of Mr. George's she might be worth thirty thousand pounds more than he had ever hoped to get with her.
"Gad! Jane," said he, surveying even the elder sister with some interest, "Eels will be sorry he cried off. You may be a fifty thousand pounder yet."
The sisters had never thought of the money question up to that moment, but Fred Bullock bantered them with graceful gaiety about it during their forenoon's excursion; and they had risen not a little in their own esteem by the time when, the morning amusement over, they drove back to dinner. And do not let my respected reader exclaim against this selfishness as unnatural. It was but this present morning, as he rode on the omnibus from Richmond; while it changed horses, this present chronicler, being on the roof, marked three little children playing in a puddle below, very dirty, and friendly, and happy. To these three presently came another little one. "POLLY," says she, "YOUR SISTER'S GOT A PENNY." At which the children got up from the puddle instantly, and ran off to pay their court to Peggy. And as the omnibus drove off I saw Peggy with the infantine procession at her tail, marching with great dignity towards the stall of a neighbouring lollipop-woman.
CHAPTER XXIV
In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible
So having prepared the sisters, Dobbin hastened away to the City to perform the rest and more difficult part of the task which he had undertaken. The idea of facing old Osborne rendered him not a little nervous, and more than once he thought of leaving the young ladies to communicate the secret, which, as he was aware, they could not long retain. But he had promised to report to George upon the manner in which the elder Osborne bore the intelligence; so going into the City to the paternal counting-house in Thames Street, he despatched thence a note to Mr. Osborne begging for a half-hour's conversation relative to the affairs of his son George. Dobbin's messenger returned from Mr. Osborne's house of business, with the compliments of the latter, who would be very happy to see the Captain immediately, and away accordingly Dobbin went to confront him.
The Captain, with a half-guilty secret to confess, and with the prospect of a painful and stormy interview before him, entered Mr. Osborne's offices with a most dismal countenance and abashed gait, and, passing through the outer room where Mr. Chopper presided, was greeted by that functionary from his desk with a waggish air which farther discomfited him. Mr. Chopper winked and nodded and pointed his pen towards his patron's door, and said, "You'll find the governor all right," with the most provoking good humour.
Osborne rose too, and shook him heartily by the hand, and said, "How do, my dear boy?" with a cordiality that made poor George's ambassador feel doubly guilty. His hand lay as if dead in the old gentleman's grasp. He felt that he, Dobbin, was more or less the cause of all that had happened. It was he had brought back George to Amelia: it was he had applauded, encouraged, transacted almost the marriage which he was come to reveal to George's father: and the latter was receiving him with smiles of welcome; patting him on the shoulder, and calling him "Dobbin, my dear boy." The envoy had indeed good reason to hang his head.
Osborne fully believed that Dobbin had come to announce his son's surrender. Mr. Chopper and his principal were talking over the matter between George and his father, at the very moment when Dobbin's messenger arrived. Both agreed that George was sending in his submission. Both had been expecting it for some days—and "Lord! Chopper, what a marriage we'll have!" Mr. Osborne said to his clerk, snapping his big fingers, and jingling all the guineas and shillings in his great pockets as he eyed his subordinate with a look of triumph.
With similar operations conducted in both pockets, and a knowing jolly air, Osborne from his chair regarded Dobbin seated blank and silent opposite to him. "What a bumpkin he is for a Captain in the army," old Osborne thought. "I wonder George hasn't taught him better manners."
At last Dobbin summoned courage to begin. "Sir," said he, "I've brought you some very grave news. I have been at the Horse Guards this morning, and there's no doubt that our regiment will be ordered abroad, and on its way to Belgium before the week is over. And you know, sir, that we shan't be home again before a tussle which may be fatal to many of us." Osborne looked grave. "My s—, the regiment will do its duty, sir, I daresay," he said.
"The French are very strong, sir," Dobbin went on. "The Russians and Austrians will be a long time before they can bring their troops down. We shall have the first of the fight, sir; and depend on it Boney will take care that it shall be a hard one."
"What are you driving at, Dobbin?" his interlocutor said, uneasy and with a scowl. "I suppose no Briton's afraid of any d—— Frenchman, hey?"
"I only mean, that before we go, and considering the great and certain risk that hangs over every one of us—if there are any differences between you and George—it would be as well, sir, that—that you should shake hands: wouldn't it? Should anything happen to him, I think you would never forgive yourself if you hadn't parted in charity."
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- Vanity Fair - 52Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3294Total number of unique words is 106555.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words77.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 53Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3448Total number of unique words is 111855.2 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 54Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3359Total number of unique words is 114453.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.4 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 55Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3343Total number of unique words is 114753.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 56Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3320Total number of unique words is 111855.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.4 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 57Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3230Total number of unique words is 109154.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 58Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 2917Total number of unique words is 98753.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 59Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3404Total number of unique words is 116550.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words69.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words76.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 60Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3546Total number of unique words is 112054.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.5 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 61Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3464Total number of unique words is 120350.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words67.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words74.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 62Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3476Total number of unique words is 118551.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 63Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3427Total number of unique words is 109755.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words82.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 64Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3344Total number of unique words is 114955.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words82.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 65Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3365Total number of unique words is 108756.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words82.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 66Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3326Total number of unique words is 120448.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words66.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words74.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 67Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3207Total number of unique words is 116947.3 of words are in the 2000 most common words64.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words72.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 68Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3450Total number of unique words is 103055.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.2 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 69Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3489Total number of unique words is 111556.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.5 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 70Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3539Total number of unique words is 109156.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 71Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3248Total number of unique words is 103158.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 72Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3445Total number of unique words is 103958.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words75.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words83.2 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 73Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3438Total number of unique words is 113552.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 74Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3103Total number of unique words is 106251.9 of words are in the 2000 most common words71.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 75Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3303Total number of unique words is 111653.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words69.6 of words are in the 5000 most common words76.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 76Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3377Total number of unique words is 107858.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words73.9 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 77Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3399Total number of unique words is 115153.5 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.4 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 78Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3437Total number of unique words is 106358.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words75.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 79Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3401Total number of unique words is 116755.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.7 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 80Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3328Total number of unique words is 103058.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words76.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words84.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 81Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3146Total number of unique words is 118249.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words65.4 of words are in the 5000 most common words72.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 82Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3361Total number of unique words is 115952.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words69.5 of words are in the 5000 most common words76.3 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 83Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3322Total number of unique words is 114849.8 of words are in the 2000 most common words66.8 of words are in the 5000 most common words73.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 84Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3347Total number of unique words is 115654.2 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.2 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 85Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3282Total number of unique words is 115649.0 of words are in the 2000 most common words64.8 of words are in the 5000 most common words72.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 86Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3380Total number of unique words is 116453.6 of words are in the 2000 most common words70.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words78.9 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 87Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3198Total number of unique words is 106857.2 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.1 of words are in the 5000 most common words80.5 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 88Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3371Total number of unique words is 100761.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words78.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words85.1 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 89Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3197Total number of unique words is 108955.1 of words are in the 2000 most common words72.0 of words are in the 5000 most common words79.6 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 90Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 3382Total number of unique words is 106958.7 of words are in the 2000 most common words74.6 of words are in the 5000 most common words81.8 of words are in the 8000 most common words
- Vanity Fair - 91Each bar represents the percentage of words per 1000 most common words.Total number of words is 1325Total number of unique words is 55263.4 of words are in the 2000 most common words77.3 of words are in the 5000 most common words84.0 of words are in the 8000 most common words