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James Crawley’s Pipe Is Put Out

           TherewerenodunsinParisasyet:therewerepartieseverydayatVery’sorBeauvilliers’;playwasplentifulandhisluckgood.Tuftoperhapswassulky.Mrs.TuftohadcomeovertoParisatherowninvitation,andbesidesthiscontretemps,therewereascoreofgeneralsnowroundBecky’schair,andshemighttakeherchoiceofadozenbouquetswhenshewenttotheplay.LadyBareacresandthechiefsoftheEnglishsociety,stupidandirreproachablefemales,writhedwithanguishatthesuccessofthelittleupstartBecky,whosepoisonedjokesquiveredandrankledintheirchastebreasts.Butshehadallthemenonherside.Shefoughtthewomenwithindomitablecourage,andtheycouldnottalkscandalinanytonguebuttheirown.

           Soinfetes,pleasures,andprosperity,thewinterof1815-16passedawaywithMrs.RawdonCrawley,whoaccommodatedherselftopolitelifeasifherancestorshadbeenpeopleoffashionforcenturiespastandwhofromherwit,talent,andenergy,indeedmeritedaplaceofhonourinVanityFair.Intheearlyspringof1816,Galignani’sJournalcontainedthefollowingannouncementinaninterestingcornerofthepaper:"Onthe26thofMarchtheLadyofLieutenant-ColonelCrawley,oftheLifeGuardsGreenofasonandheir."

           ThiseventwascopiedintotheLondonpapers,outofwhichMissBriggsreadthestatementtoMissCrawley,atbreakfast,atBrighton.Theintelligence,expectedasitmighthavebeen,causedacrisisintheaffairsoftheCrawleyfamily.

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