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Miss Crawley at Nurse

           ButeCrawleythoughttoherself,"howusefulhemightbe,underpresentcircumstances,tothisunhappyoldlady!Hemightmakeherrepentofhershockingfree-thinkingways;hemighturgehertodoherduty,andcastoffthatodiousreprobatewhohasdisgracedhimselfandhisfamily;andhemightinducehertodojusticetomydeargirlsandthetwoboys,whorequireanddeserve,Iamsure,everyassistancewhichtheirrelativescangivethem."

           And,asthehatredofviceisalwaysaprogresstowardsvirtue,Mrs.ButeCrawleyendeavouredtoinstilhersister-in-lawaproperabhorrenceforallRawdonCrawley’smanifoldsins:ofwhichhisuncle’swifebroughtforwardsuchacatalogueasindeedwouldhaveservedtocondemnawholeregimentofyoungofficers.Ifamanhascommittedwronginlife,Idon’tknowanymoralistmoreanxioustopointhiserrorsouttotheworldthanhisownrelations;soMrs.ButeshowedaperfectfamilyinterestandknowledgeofRawdon’shistory.ShehadalltheparticularsofthatuglyquarrelwithCaptainMarker,inwhichRawdon,wrongfromthebeginning,endedinshootingtheCaptain.SheknewhowtheunhappyLordDovedale,whosemammahadtakenahouseatOxford,sothathemightbeeducatedthere,andwhohadnevertouchedacardinhislifetillhecametoLondon,waspervertedbyRawdonattheCocoa-Tree,madehelplesslytipsybythisabominableseducerandperverterofyouth,andfleecedoffourthousandpounds.

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