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In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign

           Oh,whydidMissPinkertonletsuchadangerousbirdintohercage?

           Thefactis,theoldladybelievedRebeccatobethemeekestcreatureintheworld,soadmirably,ontheoccasionswhenherfatherbroughthertoChiswick,usedRebeccatoperformthepartoftheingenue;andonlyayearbeforethearrangementbywhichRebeccahadbeenadmittedintoherhouse,andwhenRebeccawassixteenyearsold,MissPinkertonmajestically,andwithalittlespeech,madeherapresentofadollwhichwas,bytheway,theconfiscatedpropertyofMissSwindle,discoveredsurreptitiouslynursingitinschool-hours.Howthefatheranddaughterlaughedastheytrudgedhometogetheraftertheeveningparty(itwasontheoccasionofthespeeches,whenalltheprofessorswereinvited)andhowMissPinkertonwouldhaveragedhadsheseenthecaricatureofherselfwhichthelittlemimic,Rebecca,managedtomakeoutofherdoll.Beckyusedtogothroughdialogueswithit;itformedthedelightofNewmanStreet,GerrardStreet,andtheArtists’quarter:andtheyoungpainters,whentheycametotaketheirgin-and-waterwiththeirlazy,dissolute,clever,jovialsenior,usedregularlytoaskRebeccaifMissPinkertonwasathome:shewasaswellknowntothem,poorsoul!asMr.LawrenceorPresidentWest.

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