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A Vagabond Chapter

           ItissaidshewasorderedoutofMunich,andmyfriendMr.FrederickPigeonaversthatitwasatherhouseatLausannethathewashocussedatsupperandlosteighthundredpoundstoMajorLoderandtheHonourableMr.Deuceace.Wearebound,yousee,togivesomeaccountofBecky’sbiography,butofthispart,theless,perhaps,thatissaidthebetter.

           Theysaythat,whenMrs.Crawleywasparticularlydownonherluck,shegaveconcertsandlessonsinmusichereandthere.TherewasaMadamedeRaudon,whocertainlyhadamatineemusicaleatWildbad,accompaniedbyHerrSpoff,premierpianisttotheHospodarofWallachia,andmylittlefriendMr.Eaves,whokneweverybodyandhadtravelledeverywhere,alwaysusedtodeclarethathewasatStrasburgintheyear1830,whenacertainMadameRebecquemadeherappearanceintheoperaoftheDameBlanche,givingoccasiontoafuriousrowinthetheatrethere.Shewashissedoffthestagebytheaudience,partlyfromherownincompetency,butchieflyfromtheill-advisedsympathyofsomepersonsintheparquet,(wheretheofficersofthegarrisonhadtheiradmissions);andEaveswascertainthattheunfortunatedebutanteinquestionwasnootherthanMrs.RawdonCrawley.

           Shewas,infact,nobetterthanavagabonduponthisearth.Whenshegothermoneyshegambled;whenshehadgambleditshewasputtoshiftstolive;whoknowshoworbywhatmeansshesucceeded?ItissaidthatshewasonceseenatSt.

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