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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           AndasforRawdon,heturnedasredasscarlet,andwrungoffBriggs’shand,sogreatwashisraptureandhisconfusionatthemeeting.Perhapsitwasinterestthatmovedhim:orperhapsaffection:perhapshewastouchedbythechangewhichtheillnessofthelastweekshadwroughtinhisaunt.

           "Theoldgirlhasalwaysactedlikeatrumptome,"hesaidtohiswife,ashenarratedtheinterview,"andIfelt,youknow,ratherqueer,andthatsortofthing.Iwalkedbythesideofthewhat-dy’e-call-’em,youknow,andtoherowndoor,whereBowlscametohelpherin.AndIwantedtogoinverymuch,only—"

           "YOUDIDN’TGOIN,Rawdon!"screamedhiswife.

           "No,mydear;I’mhangedifIwasn’tafraidwhenitcametothepoint."

           "Youfool!yououghttohavegonein,andnevercomeoutagain,"Rebeccasaid.

           "Don’tcallmenames,"saidthebigGuardsman,sulkily."PerhapsIWASafool,Becky,butyoushouldn’tsayso";andhegavehiswifealook,suchashiscountenancecouldwearwhenangered,andsuchaswasnotpleasanttoface.

           "Well,dearest,to-morrowyoumustbeonthelook-out,andgoandseeher,mind,whethersheasksyouorno,"Rebeccasaid,tryingtosootheherangryyoke-mate.Onwhichhereplied,thathewoulddoexactlyasheliked,andwouldjustthankhertokeepaciviltongueinherheadandthewoundedhusbandwentaway,andpassedtheforenoonatthebilliard-room,sulky,silent,andsuspicious.

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