Ярмарка тщеславия

A Vagabond Chapter

           BeckyasMonsieurFichesaid(sinceMonseigneur’sdeathhehasreturnedtohisnativecountry,wherehelivesmuchrespected,andhaspurchasedfromhisPrincethetitleofBaronFicci),andthefactotumobjectedtohavetodowithassassination;orwhetherhesimplyhadacommissiontofrightenMrs.CrawleyoutofacitywherehisLordshipproposedtopassthewinter,andthesightofherwouldbeeminentlydisagreeabletothegreatnobleman,isapointwhichhasneverbeenascertained:butthethreathaditseffectuponthelittlewoman,andshesoughtnomoretointrudeherselfuponthepresenceofheroldpatron.

           Everybodyknowsthemelancholyendofthatnobleman,whichbefellatNaplestwomonthsaftertheFrenchRevolutionof1830;whentheMostHonourableGeorgeGustavus,MarquisofSteyne,EarlofGauntandofGauntCastle,inthePeerageofIreland,ViscountHellborough,BaronPitchleyandGrillsby,aKnightoftheMostNobleOrderoftheGarter,oftheGoldenFleeceofSpain,oftheRussianOrderofSaintNicholasoftheFirstClass,oftheTurkishOrderoftheCrescent,FirstLordofthePowderClosetandGroomoftheBackStairs,ColoneloftheGauntorRegent’sOwnRegimentofMilitia,aTrusteeoftheBritishMuseum,anElderBrotheroftheTrinityHouse,aGovernoroftheWhiteFriars,andD.C.L.diedafteraseriesoffitsbroughton,asthepaperssaid,bytheshockoccasionedtohislordship’ssensibilitiesbythedownfalloftheancientFrenchmonarchy

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