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A Vagabond Chapter

           Ofherownmovement,sheinvitedRawdontocomeandstopinGauntStreetuntilhisdepartureforCoventryIsland,knowingthatwithhimforaguardMrs.Beckywouldnottrytoforceherdoor;andshelookedcuriouslyatthesuperscriptionsofalltheletterswhicharrivedforSirPitt,lestheandhissister-in-lawshouldbecorresponding.NotbutthatRebeccacouldhavewrittenhadsheamind,butshedidnottrytoseeortowritetoPittathisownhouse,andafteroneortwoattemptsconsentedtohisdemandthatthecorrespondenceregardingherconjugaldifferencesshouldbecarriedonbylawyersonly.

           ThefactwasthatPitt’smindhadbeenpoisonedagainsther.AshorttimeafterLordSteyne’saccidentWenhamhadbeenwiththeBaronetandgivenhimsuchabiographyofMrs.BeckyashadastonishedthememberforQueen’sCrawley.Hekneweverythingregardingher:whoherfatherwas;inwhatyearhermotherdancedattheopera;whathadbeenherprevioushistory;andwhatherconductduringhermarriedlifeasIhavenodoubtthatthegreaterpartofthestorywasfalseanddictatedbyinterestedmalevolence,itshallnotberepeatedhere.ButBeckywasleftwithasadsadreputationintheesteemofacountrygentlemanandrelativewhohadbeenonceratherpartialtoher.

           TherevenuesoftheGovernorofCoventryIslandarenotlarge.

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