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           Indeed,whenMissCrawleyquittedtheworld,andthatmoneyforwhichallherrelativeshadbeenfightingsoeagerlywasfinallylefttoPitt,ButeCrawley,whofoundthatonlyfivethousandpoundshadbeenlefttohiminsteadofthetwentyuponwhichhecalculated,wasinsuchafuryathisdisappointmentthatheventeditinsavageabuseuponhisnephew;andthequarrelalwaysranklingbetweenthemendedinanutterbreachofintercourse.RawdonCrawley’sconduct,ontheotherhand,whogotbutahundredpounds,wassuchastoastonishhisbrotheranddelighthissister-in-law,whowasdisposedtolookkindlyuponallthemembersofherhusband’sfamily.Hewrotetohisbrotheraveryfrank,manly,good-humouredletterfromParis.Hewasaware,hesaid,thatbyhisownmarriagehehadforfeitedhisaunt’sfavour;andthoughhedidnotdisguisehisdisappointmentthatsheshouldhavebeensoentirelyrelentlesstowardshim,hewasgladthatthemoneywasstillkeptintheirbranchofthefamily,andheartilycongratulatedhisbrotheronhisgoodfortune.Hesenthisaffectionateremembrancestohissister,andhopedtohavehergood-willforMrs.Rawdon;andtheletterconcludedwithapostscripttoPittinthelatterlady’sownhandwriting.She,too,beggedtojoininherhusband’scongratulations.SheshouldeverrememberMr.Crawley’skindnesstoherinearlydayswhenshewasafriendlessorphan,theinstructressofhislittlesisters,inwhosewelfareshestilltookthetenderestinterest.

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