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

           Crawleytobear.Hiseloquencewaspalsiedatthemissionarymeetings,andotherreligiousassembliesintheneighbourhood,wherehehadbeeninthehabitofpresiding,andofspeakingforhours;forhefelt,whenherose,thattheaudiencesaid,"ThatisthesonoftheoldreprobateSirPitt,whoisverylikelydrinkingatthepublichouseatthisverymoment."AndoncewhenhewasspeakingofthebenightedconditionofthekingofTimbuctoo,andthenumberofhiswiveswhowerelikewiseindarkness,somegipsymiscreantfromthecrowdasked,"HowmanyisthereatQueen’sCrawley,YoungSquaretoes?"tothesurpriseoftheplatform,andtheruinofMr.Pitt’sspeech.AndthetwodaughtersofthehouseofQueen’sCrawleywouldhavebeenallowedtorunutterlywild(forSirPittsworethatnogovernessshouldeverenterintohisdoorsagain),hadnotMr.Crawley,bythreateningtheoldgentleman,forcedthelattertosendthemtoschool.

           Meanwhile,aswehavesaid,whateverindividualdifferencestheremightbebetweenthemall,MissCrawley’sdearnephewsandnieceswereunanimousinlovingherandsendinghertokensofaffection.ThusMrs.Butesentguinea-fowls,andsomeremarkablyfinecauliflowers,andaprettypurseorpincushionworkedbyherdarlinggirls,whobeggedtokeepaLITTLEplaceintherecollectionoftheirdearaunt,whileMr.PittsentpeachesandgrapesandvenisonfromtheHall.TheSouthamptoncoachusedtocarrythesetokensofaffectiontoMissCrawleyatBrighton:itusedsometimestoconveyMr.

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