Returns to the Genteel World

           GoodfortunenowbeginstosmileuponAmelia.Wearegladtogetheroutofthatlowsphereinwhichshehasbeencreepinghithertoandintroduceherintoapolitecirclenotsograndandrefinedasthatinwhichourotherfemalefriend,Mrs.Becky,hasappeared,butstillhavingnosmallpretensionstogentilityandfashion.Jos’sfriendswereallfromthethreepresidencies,andhisnewhousewasinthecomfortableAnglo-IndiandistrictofwhichMoiraPlaceisthecentre.MintoSquare,GreatCliveStreet,WarrenStreet,HastingsStreet,OchterlonyPlace,PlassySquare,AssayeTerrace("gardens"wasafelicitouswordnotappliedtostuccohouseswithasphaltterracesinfront,soearlyas1827)—whodoesnotknowtheserespectableabodesoftheretiredIndianaristocracy,andthequarterwhichMr.WenhamcallstheBlackHole,inaword?Jos’spositioninlifewasnotgrandenoughtoentitlehimtoahouseinMoiraPlace,wherenonecanlivebutretiredMembersofCouncil,andpartnersofIndianfirms(whobreak,afterhavingsettledahundredthousandpoundsontheirwives,andretireintocomparativepenurytoacountryplaceandfourthousandayear);heengagedacomfortablehouseofasecondorthird-rateorderinGillespieStreet,purchasingthecarpets,costlymirrors,andhandsomeandappropriateplannedfurniturebySeddonsfromtheassigneesofMr.

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