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Miss Crawley at Nurse

           ButehadtoldBriggsandFirkinsooftenofthedepthofheraffectionforthem;andwhatshewoulddo,ifshehadMissCrawley’sfortune,forfriendssoexcellentandattached,thattheladiesinquestionhadthedeepestregardforher;andfeltasmuchgratitudeandconfidenceasifMrs.Butehadloadedthemwiththemostexpensivefavours.

           RawdonCrawley,ontheotherhand,likeaselfishheavydragoonashewas,nevertooktheleasttroubletoconciliatehisaunt’saides-de-camp,showedhiscontemptforthepairwithentirefranknessmadeFirkinpulloffhisbootsononeoccasionsentheroutintherainonignominiousmessagesandifhegaveheraguinea,flungittoherasifitwereaboxontheear.Ashisaunt,too,madeabuttofBriggs,theCaptainfollowedtheexample,andlevelledhisjokesatherjokesaboutasdelicateasakickfromhischarger.Whereas,Mrs.Buteconsultedherinmattersoftasteordifficulty,admiredherpoetry,andbyathousandactsofkindnessandpoliteness,showedherappreciationofBriggs;andifshemadeFirkinatwopenny-halfpennypresent,accompanieditwithsomanycompliments,thatthetwopence-half-pennywastransmutedintogoldintheheartofthegratefulwaiting-maid,who,besides,waslookingforwardsquitecontentedlytosomeprodigiousbenefitwhichmusthappentoheronthedaywhenMrs.Butecameintoherfortune.

           Thedifferentconductofthesetwopeopleispointedoutrespectfullytotheattentionofpersonscommencingtheworld.

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