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Amantium Irae

           

           "YouwillseemyGeorgy,"wasthebestthingEmmycouldthinkoftoconsoleBecky.Ifanythingcouldmakehercomfortablethatwould.

           Andsothetwowomencontinuedtalkingforanhourormore,duringwhichBeckyhadtheopportunityofgivinghernewfriendafullandcompleteversionofherprivatehistory.SheshowedhowhermarriagewithRawdonCrawleyhadalwaysbeenviewedbythefamilywithfeelingsoftheutmosthostility;howhersister-in-law(anartfulwoman)hadpoisonedherhusband’smindagainsther;howhehadformedodiousconnections,whichhadestrangedhisaffectionsfromher:howshehadborneeverythingpoverty,neglect,coldnessfromthebeingwhomshemostlovedandallforthesakeofherchild;how,finally,andbythemostflagrantoutrage,shehadbeendrivenintodemandingaseparationfromherhusband,whenthewretchdidnotscrupletoaskthatsheshouldsacrificeherownfairfamesothathemightprocureadvancementthroughthemeansofaverygreatandpowerfulbutunprincipledmantheMarquisofSteyne,indeed.Theatrociousmonster!

           ThispartofhereventfulhistoryBeckygavewiththeutmostfemininedelicacyandthemostindignantvirtue.Forcedtoflyherhusband’sroofbythisinsult,thecowardhadpursuedhisrevengebytakingherchildfromher.AndthusBeckysaidshewasawanderer,poor,unprotected,friendless,andwretched.

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