The Subject Continued

           Inthefirstplace,andasamatterofthegreatestnecessity,weareboundtodescribehowahousemaybegotfornothingayear.Thesemansionsaretobehadeitherunfurnished,where,ifyouhavecreditwithMessrs.GillowsorBantings,youcangetthemsplendidlymonteesanddecoratedentirelyaccordingtoyourownfancy;ortheyaretobeletfurnished,alesstroublesomeandcomplicatedarrangementtomostparties.ItwassothatCrawleyandhiswifepreferredtohiretheirhouse.

           BeforeMr.BowlscametopresideoverMissCrawley’shouseandcellarinParkLane,thatladyhadhadforabutleraMr.Raggles,whowasbornonthefamilyestateofQueen’sCrawley,andindeedwasayoungersonofagardenerthere.Bygoodconduct,ahandsomepersonandcalves,andagravedemeanour,Ragglesrosefromtheknife-boardtothefootboardofthecarriage;fromthefootboardtothebutler’spantry.WhenhehadbeenacertainnumberofyearsattheheadofMissCrawley’sestablishment,wherehehadhadgoodwages,fatperquisites,andplentyofopportunitiesofsaving,heannouncedthathewasabouttocontractamatrimonialalliancewithalatecookofMissCrawley’s,whohadsubsistedinanhonourablemannerbytheexerciseofamangle,andthekeepingofasmallgreengrocer’sshopintheneighbourhood.Thetruthis,thattheceremonyhadbeenclandestinelyperformedsomeyearsback;althoughthenewsofMr.

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