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A Vagabond Chapter

           Butsheneverdidforayearafterwards,andnot,indeed,untilSirPitt’sonlyboy,alwayssickly,diedofhooping-coughandmeaslesthenRawdon’smammawrotethemostaffectionatecompositiontoherdarlingson,whowasmadeheirofQueen’sCrawleybythisaccident,anddrawnmorecloselythanevertothekindlady,whosetenderhearthadalreadyadoptedhim.RawdonCrawley,thengrownatall,finelad,blushedwhenhegottheletter."Oh,AuntJane,youaremymother!"hesaid;"andnotandnotthatone."ButhewrotebackakindandrespectfullettertoMrs.Rebecca,thenlivingataboarding-houseatFlorence.Butweareadvancingmatters.

           OurdarlingBecky’sfirstflightwasnotveryfar.SheperchedupontheFrenchcoastatBoulogne,thatrefugeofsomuchexiledEnglishinnocence,andtherelivedinratheragenteel,widowedmanner,withafemmedechambreandacoupleofrooms,atanhotel.Shedinedatthetabled’hote,wherepeoplethoughtherverypleasant,andwheresheentertainedherneighboursbystoriesofherbrother,SirPitt,andhergreatLondonacquaintance,talkingthateasy,fashionableslip-slopwhichhassomucheffectuponcertainfolksofsmallbreeding.Shepassedwithmanyofthemforapersonofimportance;shegavelittletea-partiesinherprivateroomandsharedintheinnocentamusementsoftheplaceinsea-bathing,andinjauntsinopencarriages,instrollsonthesands,andinvisitstotheplay.Mrs.

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