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“The Girl I Left Behind Me”

           For,happeningtomentiononenightthathers,whichRawdonhadgiventoher,wasofEnglishworkmanship,andwentill,ontheverynextmorningtherecametoheralittlebijoumarkedLeroy,withachainandcovercharminglysetwithturquoises,andanothersignedBreguet,whichwascoveredwithpearls,andyetscarcelybiggerthanahalf-crown.GeneralTuftohadboughtone,andCaptainOsbornehadgallantlypresentedtheother.Mrs.Osbornehadnowatch,though,todoGeorgejustice,shemighthavehadonefortheasking,andtheHonourableMrs.TuftoinEnglandhadanoldinstrumentofhermother’sthatmighthaveservedfortheplate-warmingpanwhichRawdontalkedabout.IfMessrs.HowellandJamesweretopublishalistofthepurchasersofallthetrinketswhichtheysell,howsurprisedwouldsomefamiliesbe:andifalltheseornamentswenttogentlemen’slawfulwivesanddaughters,whataprofusionofjewellerytherewouldbeexhibitedinthegenteelesthomesofVanityFair!

           EverycalculationmadeofthesevaluablesMrs.Rebeccafound,notwithoutapungentfeelingoftriumphandself-satisfaction,thatshouldcircumstancesoccur,shemightreckononsixorsevenhundredpoundsattheveryleast,tobegintheworldwith;andshepassedthemorningdisposing,ordering,lookingout,andlockingupherpropertiesinthemostagreeablemanner.AmongthenotesinRawdon’spocket-bookwasadraftfortwentypoundsonOsborne’sbanker.ThismadeherthinkaboutMrs.Osborne.

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