Ярмарка тщеславия

A Vagabond Chapter

           

           Stillsheheldup,inspiteoftheserebuffs,andtriedtomakeacharacterforherselfandconquerscandal.Shewenttochurchveryregularlyandsanglouderthananybodythere.Shetookupthecauseofthewidowsoftheshipwreckedfishermen,andgaveworkanddrawingsfortheQuashybooMission;shesubscribedtotheAssemblyandWOULDN’Twaltz.Inaword,shedideverythingthatwasrespectable,andthatiswhywedwelluponthispartofhercareerwithmorefondnessthanuponsubsequentpartsofherhistory,whicharenotsopleasant.Shesawpeopleavoidingher,andstilllaboriouslysmileduponthem;younevercouldsupposefromhercountenancewhatpangsofhumiliationshemightbeenduringinwardly.

           Herhistorywasafterallamystery.Partiesweredividedabouther.Somepeoplewhotookthetroubletobusythemselvesinthemattersaidthatshewasthecriminal,whilstothersvowedthatshewasasinnocentasalambandthatherodioushusbandwasinfault.Shewonoveragoodmanybyburstingintotearsaboutherboyandexhibitingthemostfranticgriefwhenhisnamewasmentioned,orshesawanybodylikehim.ShegainedgoodMrs.Alderney’sheartinthatway,whowasrathertheQueenofBritishBoulogneandgavethemostdinnersandballsofalltheresidentsthere,byweepingwhenMasterAlderneycamefromDr.Swishtail’sacademytopasshisholidayswithhismother.

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