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In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious About Her

           

           Thespinsterhad,however,ralliedconsiderably;aswasprovedbytheincreasedvigourandfrequencyofhersarcasmsuponMissBriggs,allwhichattacksthepoorcompanionborewithmeekness,withcowardice,witharesignationthatwashalfgenerousandhalfhypocriticalwiththeslavishsubmission,inaword,thatwomenofherdispositionandstationarecompelledtoshow.Whohasnotseenhowwomenbullywomen?Whattortureshavementoendure,comparabletothosedailyrepeatedshaftsofscornandcrueltywithwhichpoorwomenareriddledbythetyrantsoftheirsex?Poorvictims!Butwearestartingfromourproposition,whichis,thatMissCrawleywasalwaysparticularlyannoyingandsavagewhenshewasrallyingfromillnessastheysaywoundstinglemostwhentheyareabouttoheal.

           Whilethusapproaching,asallhoped,toconvalescence,MissBriggswastheonlyvictimadmittedintothepresenceoftheinvalid;yetMissCrawley’srelativesafaroffdidnotforgettheirbelovedkinswoman,andbyanumberoftokens,presents,andkindaffectionatemessages,strovetokeepthemselvesaliveinherrecollection.

           Inthefirstplace,letusmentionhernephew,RawdonCrawley.AfewweeksafterthefamousfightofWaterloo,andaftertheGazettehadmadeknowntoherthepromotionandgallantryofthatdistinguishedofficer,theDieppepacketbroughtovertoMissCrawleyatBrighton,aboxcontainingpresents,andadutifulletter,fromtheColonelhernephew.

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