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Miss Crawley at Home

           Shehadhastenedhome,hearingofherbelovedfriend’sillness.Shewishedtoflytohercouch,thatcouchwhichshe,Briggs,hadsooftensmoothedinthehourofsickness.ShewasdeniedadmissiontoMissCrawley’sapartment.AstrangerwasadministeringhermedicinesastrangerfromthecountryanodiousMiss...tearschokedtheutteranceofthedamedecompagnie,andsheburiedhercrushedaffectionsandherpooroldrednoseinherpockethandkerchief.

           RawdonCrawleysentuphisnamebythesulkyfemmedechambre,andMissCrawley’snewcompanion,comingtrippingdownfromthesick-room,putalittlehandintohisashesteppedforwardeagerlytomeether,gaveaglanceofgreatscornatthebewilderedBriggs,andbeckoningtheyoungGuardsmanoutofthebackdrawing-room,ledhimdownstairsintothatnowdesolatedining-parlour,wheresomanyagooddinnerhadbeencelebrated.

           Herethesetwotalkedfortenminutes,discussing,nodoubt,thesymptomsoftheoldinvalidabovestairs;attheendofwhichperiodtheparlourbellwasrungbriskly,andansweredonthatinstantbyMr.Bowls,MissCrawley’slargeconfidentialbutler(who,indeed,happenedtobeatthekeyholeduringthemostpartoftheinterview);andtheCaptaincomingout,curlinghismustachios,mountedtheblackchargerpawingamongthestraw,totheadmirationofthelittleblackguardboyscollectedinthestreet.

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