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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

           TheEnglishmenoffashioninPariscourtedher,too,tothedisgustoftheladiestheirwives,whocouldnotbeartheparvenue.ForsomemonthsthesalonsoftheFaubourgSt.Germain,inwhichherplacewassecured,andthesplendoursofthenewCourt,whereshewasreceivedwithmuchdistinction,delightedandperhapsalittleintoxicatedMrs.Crawley,whomayhavebeendisposedduringthisperiodofelationtoslightthepeoplehonestyoungmilitarymenmostlywhoformedherhusband’schiefsociety.

           ButtheColonelyawnedsadlyamongtheDuchessesandgreatladiesoftheCourt.Theoldwomenwhoplayedecartemadesuchanoiseaboutafive-francpiecethatitwasnotworthColonelCrawley’swhiletositdownatacard-table.Thewitoftheirconversationhecouldnotappreciate,beingignorantoftheirlanguage.Andwhatgoodcouldhiswifeget,heurged,bymakingcurtsieseverynighttoawholecircleofPrincesses?HeleftRebeccapresentlytofrequentthesepartiesalone,resuminghisownsimplepursuitsandamusementsamongsttheamiablefriendsofhisownchoice.

           Thetruthis,whenwesayofagentlemanthatheliveselegantlyonnothingayear,weusetheword"nothing"tosignifysomethingunknown;meaning,simply,thatwedon’tknowhowthegentlemaninquestiondefraystheexpensesofhisestablishment.

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