Ярмарка тщеславия

A Vagabond Chapter

           

           Aneloquentcatalogueappearedinaweeklyprint,describinghisvirtues,hismagnificence,histalents,andhisgoodactions.Hissensibility,hisattachmenttotheillustriousHouseofBourbon,withwhichheclaimedanalliance,weresuchthathecouldnotsurvivethemisfortunesofhisaugustkinsmen.HisbodywasburiedatNaples,andhisheartthatheartwhichalwaysbeatwitheverygenerousandnobleemotionwasbroughtbacktoCastleGauntinasilverurn."Inhim,"Mr.Waggsaid,"thepoorandtheFineArtshavelostabeneficentpatron,societyoneofitsmostbrilliantornaments,andEnglandoneofherloftiestpatriotsandstatesmen,"&c.,&c.

           Hiswillwasagooddealdisputed,andanattemptwasmadetoforcefromMadamedeBelladonnathecelebratedjewelcalledthe"Jew’s-eye"diamond,whichhislordshipalwaysworeonhisforefinger,andwhichitwassaidthatsheremovedfromitafterhislamenteddemise.Buthisconfidentialfriendandattendant,MonsieurFicheprovedthattheringhadbeenpresentedtothesaidMadamedeBelladonnatwodaysbeforetheMarquis’sdeath,aswerethebank-notes,jewels,NeapolitanandFrenchbonds,&c.,foundinhislordship’ssecretaireandclaimedbyhisheirsfromthatinjuredwoman.

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