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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           

           "DoyouknowwhatIintendtodoonemorning?"shesaid;"IfindIcanswimbeautifully,andsomeday,whenmyAuntCrawley’scompanionoldBriggs,youknowyourememberherthathook-nosedwoman,withthelongwispsofhairwhenBriggsgoesouttobathe,Iintendtodiveunderherawning,andinsistonareconciliationinthewater.Isn’tthatastratagem?"

           Georgeburstoutlaughingattheideaofthisaquaticmeeting."What’stherowthere,youtwo?"Rawdonshoutedout,rattlingthebox.Ameliawasmakingafoolofherselfinanabsurdhystericalmanner,andretiredtoherownroomtowhimperinprivate.

           Ourhistoryisdestinedinthischaptertogobackwardsandforwardsinaveryirresolutemannerseemingly,andhavingconductedourstorytoto-morrowpresently,weshallimmediatelyagainhaveoccasiontostepbacktoyesterday,sothatthewholeofthetalemaygetahearing.AsyoubeholdatherMajesty’sdrawing-room,theambassadors’andhighdignitaries’carriageswhiskofffromaprivatedoor,whileCaptainJones’sladiesarewaitingfortheirfly:asyouseeintheSecretaryoftheTreasury’santechamber,ahalf-dozenofpetitionerswaitingpatientlyfortheiraudience,andcalledoutonebyone,whensuddenlyanIrishmemberorsomeeminentpersonageenterstheapartment,andinstantlywalksintoMr.Under-Secretaryovertheheadsofallthepeoplepresent:sointheconductofatale,theromancerisobligedtoexercisethismostpartialsortofjustice.

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