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A Vagabond Chapter

           Becky,too,knewsomeladieshereandthereFrenchwidows,dubiousItaliancountesses,whosehusbandshadtreatedthemillfaughwhatshallwesay,wewhohavemovedamongsomeofthefinestcompanyofVanityFair,ofthisrefuseandsedimentofrascals?Ifweplay,letitbewithcleancards,andnotwiththisdirtypack.Buteverymanwhohasformedoneoftheinnumerablearmyoftravellershasseenthesemaraudingirregularshangingon,likeNymandPistol,tothemainforce,wearingtheking’scoloursandboastingofhiscommission,butpillagingforthemselves,andoccasionallygibbetedbytheroadside.

           Well,shewashangingonthearmofMajorLoder,andtheywentthroughtheroomstogether,anddrankagreatquantityofchampagneatthebuffet,wherethepeople,andespeciallytheMajor’sirregularcorps,struggledfuriouslyforrefreshments,ofwhichwhenthepairhadhadenough,theypushedonuntiltheyreachedtheDuchess’sownpinkvelvetsaloon,attheendofthesuiteofapartments(wherethestatueoftheVenusis,andthegreatVenicelooking-glasses,framedinsilver),andwheretheprincelyfamilywereentertainingtheirmostdistinguishedguestsataroundtableatsupper.ItwasjustsuchalittleselectbanquetasthatofwhichBeckyrecollectedthatshehadpartakenatLordSteyne’sandtherehesatatPolonia’stable,andshesawhim.

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