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James Crawley’s Pipe Is Put Out

           ThedowagerdidnotsayawordaboutthestateofMissCrawley’ssoul;buttalkedwithmuchdiscretionabouttheweather:aboutthewarandthedownfallofthemonsterBonaparte:andaboveall,aboutdoctors,quacks,andtheparticularmeritsofDr.Podgers,whomshethenpatronised.

           DuringtheirinterviewPittCrawleymadeagreatstroke,andonewhichshowedthat,hadhisdiplomaticcareernotbeenblightedbyearlyneglect,hemighthaverisentoahighrankinhisprofession.WhentheCountessDowagerofSouthdownfellfouloftheCorsicanupstart,asthefashionwasinthosedays,andshowedthathewasamonsterstainedwitheveryconceivablecrime,acowardandatyrantnotfittolive,onewhosefallwaspredicted,&c.,PittCrawleysuddenlytookupthecudgelsinfavourofthemanofDestiny.HedescribedtheFirstConsulashesawhimatParisatthepeaceofAmiens;whenhe,PittCrawley,hadthegratificationofmakingtheacquaintanceofthegreatandgoodMr.Fox,astatesmanwhom,howevermuchhemightdifferwithhim,itwasimpossiblenottoadmireferventlyastatesmanwhohadalwayshadthehighestopinionoftheEmperorNapoleon.Andhespokeintermsofthestrongestindignationofthefaithlessconductofthealliestowardsthisdethronedmonarch,who,aftergivinghimselfgenerouslyuptotheirmercy,wasconsignedtoanignobleandcruelbanishment,whileabigotedPopishrabblewastyrannisingoverFranceinhisstead.

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