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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

           Asystemofhypocrisy,whichlaststhroughwholeyears,isoneseldomsatisfactorilypractisedbyapersonofone-and-twenty;however,ourreaderswillrecollect,that,thoughyounginyears,ourheroinewasoldinlifeandexperience,andwehavewrittentonopurposeiftheyhavenotdiscoveredthatshewasaverycleverwoman.

           TheelderandyoungersonofthehouseofCrawleywere,likethegentlemanandladyintheweather-box,neverathometogethertheyhatedeachothercordially:indeed,RawdonCrawley,thedragoon,hadagreatcontemptfortheestablishmentaltogether,andseldomcamethitherexceptwhenhisauntpaidherannualvisit.

           Thegreatgoodqualityofthisoldladyhasbeenmentioned.Shepossessedseventythousandpounds,andhadalmostadoptedRawdon.Shedislikedhereldernephewexceedingly,anddespisedhimasamilksop.Inreturnhedidnothesitatetostatethathersoulwasirretrievablylost,andwasofopinionthathisbrother’schanceinthenextworldwasnotawhitbetter."Sheisagodlesswomanoftheworld,"wouldMr.Crawleysay;"sheliveswithatheistsandFrenchmen.MymindshudderswhenIthinkofherawful,awfulsituation,andthat,nearassheistothegrave,sheshouldbesogivenuptovanity,licentiousness,profaneness,andfolly."Infact,theoldladydeclinedaltogethertohearhishour’slectureofanevening;andwhenshecametoQueen’sCrawleyalone,hewasobligedtopretermithisusualdevotionalexercises.

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