Ярмарка тщеславия

Returns to the Genteel World

           Scape,latelyadmittedpartnerintothegreatCalcuttaHouseofFogle,Fake,andCracksman,inwhichpoorScapehadembarkedseventythousandpounds,theearningsofalongandhonourablelife,takingFake’splace,whoretiredtoaprincelyparkinSussex(theFogleshavebeenlongoutofthefirm,andSirHoraceFogleisabouttoberaisedtothepeerageasBaronBandanna)admitted,Isay,partnerintothegreatagencyhouseofFogleandFaketwoyearsbeforeitfailedforamillionandplungedhalftheIndianpublicintomiseryandruin.

           Scape,ruined,honest,andbroken-heartedatsixty-fiveyearsofage,wentouttoCalcuttatowinduptheaffairsofthehouse.WalterScapewaswithdrawnfromEtonandputintoamerchant’shouse.FlorenceScape,FannyScape,andtheirmotherfadedawaytoBoulogne,andwillbeheardofnomore.Tobebrief,Jossteppedinandboughttheircarpetsandsideboardsandadmiredhimselfinthemirrorswhichhadreflectedtheirkindhandsomefaces.TheScapetradesmen,allhonourablypaid,lefttheircards,andwereeagertosupplythenewhousehold.ThelargemeninwhitewaistcoatswhowaitedatScape’sdinners,greengrocers,bank-porters,andmilkmenintheirprivatecapacity,lefttheiraddressesandingratiatedthemselveswiththebutler.Mr.Chummy,thechimney-purifier,whohadsweptthelastthreefamilies,triedtocoaxthebutlerandtheboyunderhim,whosedutyitwastogooutcoveredwithbuttonsandwithstripesdownhistrousers,fortheprotectionofMrs.Ameliawhenevershechosetowalkabroad.

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