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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           Abouttheircomplaintsandtheirdoctorsdoladiesevertireoftalkingtoeachother?Briggsdidnotonthisoccasion;nordidRebeccawearyoflistening.Shewasthankful,trulythankful,thatthedearkindBriggs,thatthefaithful,theinvaluableFirkin,hadbeenpermittedtoremainwiththeirbenefactressthroughherillness.Heavenblessher!thoughshe,Rebecca,hadseemedtoactundutifullytowardsMissCrawley;yetwasnotherfaultanaturalandexcusableone?Couldshehelpgivingherhandtothemanwhohadwonherheart?Briggs,thesentimental,couldonlyturnuphereyestoheavenatthisappeal,andheaveasympatheticsigh,andthinkthatshe,too,hadgivenawayheraffectionslongyearsago,andownthatRebeccawasnoverygreatcriminal.

           "CanIeverforgetherwhosobefriendedthefriendlessorphan?No,thoughshehascastmeoff,"thelattersaid,"Ishallneverceasetoloveher,andIwoulddevotemylifetoherservice.Asmyownbenefactress,asmybelovedRawdon’sadoredrelative,IloveandadmireMissCrawley,dearMissBriggs,beyondanywomanintheworld,andnexttoherIloveallthosewhoarefaithfultoher.IwouldneverhavetreatedMissCrawley’sfaithfulfriendsasthatodiousdesigningMrs.Butehasdone.Rawdon,whowasallheart,"Rebeccacontinued,"althoughhisoutwardmannersmightseemroughandcareless,hadsaidahundredtimes,withtearsinhiseyes,thatheblessedHeavenforsendinghisdearestAuntytwosuchadmirablenursesasherattachedFirkinandheradmirableMissBriggs.

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