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A Vagabond Chapter

           NewbrighthadoccasiontocorrespondwiththeCountessofSouthdownabouttheWarmingpanFundfortheFijiIslanders(forthemanagementofwhichadmirablecharityboththeseladiesformedpartofafemalecommittee),andhavingmentionedher"sweetfriend,"Mrs.RawdonCrawley,theDowagerCountesswrotebacksuchaletterregardingBecky,withsuchparticulars,hints,facts,falsehoods,andgeneralcomminations,thatintimacybetweenMrs.NewbrightandMrs.Crawleyceasedforthwith,andalltheseriousworldofTours,wherethismisfortunetookplace,immediatelypartedcompanywiththereprobate.ThosewhoknowtheEnglishColoniesabroadknowthatwecarrywithususourpride,pills,prejudices,Harvey-sauces,cayenne-peppers,andotherLares,makingalittleBritainwhereverwesettledown.

           FromonecolonytoanotherBeckyfleduneasily.FromBoulognetoDieppe,fromDieppetoCaen,fromCaentoTourstryingwithallhermighttoberespectable,andalas!alwaysfoundoutsomedayorotherandpeckedoutofthecagebytherealdaws.

           Mrs.HookEaglestookherupatoneoftheseplacesawomanwithoutablemishinhercharacterandahouseinPortmanSquare.ShewasstayingatthehotelatDieppe,whitherBeckyfled,andtheymadeeachother’sacquaintancefirstatsea,wheretheywereswimmingtogether,andsubsequentlyatthetabled’hoteofthehotel.MrsEagleshadheardwhoindeedhadnot?someofthescandaloftheSteyneaffair;butafteraconversationwithBecky,shepronouncedthatMrs.

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