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           RawdonranandgreetedaffectionatelyherdearestAmelia,andbeganforthwithtopatroniseher.Shefoundfaultwithherfriend’sdress,andherhairdresser,andwonderedhowshecouldbesochaussée,andvowedthatshemustsendhercorsetièrethenextmorning.Shevowedthatitwasadelightfulball;thattherewaseverybodythateveryoneknew,andonlyaVERYfewnobodiesinthewholeroom.Itisafact,thatinafortnight,andafterthreedinnersingeneralsociety,thisyoungwomanhadgotupthegenteeljargonsowell,thatanativecouldnotspeakitbetter;anditwasonlyfromherFrenchbeingsogood,thatyoucouldknowshewasnotabornwomanoffashion.

           George,whohadleftEmmyonherbenchonenteringtheball-room,verysoonfoundhiswaybackwhenRebeccawasbyherdearfriend’sside.BeckywasjustlecturingMrs.Osborneuponthefollieswhichherhusbandwascommitting."ForGod’ssake,stophimfromgambling,mydear,"shesaid,"orhewillruinhimself.HeandRawdonareplayingatcardseverynight,andyouknowheisverypoor,andRawdonwillwineveryshillingfromhimifhedoesnottakecare.Whydon’tyoupreventhim,youlittlecarelesscreature?Whydon’tyoucometousofanevening,insteadofmopingathomewiththatCaptainDobbin?Idaresayheistresaimable;buthowcouldoneloveamanwithfeetofsuchsize?Yourhusband’sfeetaredarlingsHerehecomes.Wherehaveyoubeen,wretch?HereisEmmycryinghereyesoutforyou.

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