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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

           Foxineveryroominthehouse:whenthatstatesmanwasinopposition,Iamnotsurethatshehadnotflungamainwithhim;andwhenhecameintooffice,shetookgreatcreditforbringingovertohimSirPittandhiscolleagueforQueen’sCrawley,althoughSirPittwouldhavecomeoverhimself,withoutanytroubleonthehonestlady’spart.ItisneedlesstosaythatSirPittwasbroughttochangehisviewsafterthedeathofthegreatWhigstatesman.

           ThisworthyoldladytookafancytoRawdonCrawleywhenaboy,senthimtoCambridge(inoppositiontohisbrotheratOxford),and,whentheyoungmanwasrequestedbytheauthoritiesofthefirst-namedUniversitytoquitafteraresidenceoftwoyears,sheboughthimhiscommissionintheLifeGuardsGreen.

           Aperfectandcelebrated"blood,"ordandyabouttown,wasthisyoungofficer.Boxing,rat-hunting,thefivescourt,andfour-in-handdrivingwerethenthefashionofourBritisharistocracy;andhewasanadeptinallthesenoblesciences.Andthoughhebelongedtothehouseholdtroops,who,asitwastheirdutytorallyroundthePrinceRegent,hadnotshowntheirvalourinforeignserviceyet,RawdonCrawleyhadalready(aproposofplay,ofwhichhewasimmoderatelyfond)foughtthreebloodyduels,inwhichhegaveampleproofsofhiscontemptfordeath.

           "Andforwhatfollowsafterdeath,"wouldMr.Crawleyobserve,throwinghisgooseberry-colouredeyesuptotheceiling

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