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Chiswick Mall

           

           Thislettercompleted,MissPinkertonproceededtowriteherownname,andMissSedley’s,inthefly-leafofaJohnson’sDictionarytheinterestingworkwhichsheinvariablypresentedtoherscholars,ontheirdeparturefromtheMall.Onthecoverwasinsertedacopyof"LinesaddressedtoayoungladyonquittingMissPinkerton’sschool,attheMall;bythelatereveredDoctorSamuelJohnson."Infact,theLexicographer’snamewasalwaysonthelipsofthismajesticwoman,andavisithehadpaidtoherwasthecauseofherreputationandherfortune.

           Beingcommandedbyhereldersistertoget"theDictionary"fromthecupboard,MissJemimahadextractedtwocopiesofthebookfromthereceptacleinquestion.WhenMissPinkertonhadfinishedtheinscriptioninthefirst,Jemima,withratheradubiousandtimidair,handedherthesecond.

           "Forwhomisthis,MissJemima?"saidMissPinkerton,withawfulcoldness.

           "ForBeckySharp,"answeredJemima,tremblingverymuch,andblushingoverherwitheredfaceandneck,assheturnedherbackonhersister."ForBeckySharp:she’sgoingtoo."

           "MISSJEMIMA!"exclaimedMissPinkerton,inthelargestcapitals."Areyouinyoursenses?ReplacetheDixonaryinthecloset,andneverventuretotakesuchalibertyinfuture."

           "Well,sister,it’sonlytwo-and-ninepence,andpoorBeckywillbemiserableifshedon’tgetone."

           "SendMissSedleyinstantlytome,"saidMissPinkerton.

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