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           Butthenewfamilydidnotmakeitsappearance;itwasonlythroughRagglesthatsheheardoftheirmovementshowMissCrawley’sdomesticshadbeendismissedwithdecentgratuities,andhowMr.PitthadonlyoncemadehisappearanceinLondon,whenhestoppedforafewdaysatthehouse,didbusinesswithhislawyersthere,andsoldoffallMissCrawley’sFrenchnovelstoabookselleroutofBondStreet.Beckyhadreasonsofherownwhichcausedhertolongforthearrivalofhernewrelation."WhenLadyJanecomes,"thoughtshe,"sheshallbemysponsorinLondonsociety;andasforthewomen!bah!thewomenwillaskmewhentheyfindthemenwanttoseeme."

           Anarticleasnecessarytoaladyinthispositionasherbroughamorherbouquetishercompanion.Ihavealwaysadmiredthewayinwhichthetendercreatures,whocannotexistwithoutsympathy,hireanexceedinglyplainfriendoftheirownsexfromwhomtheyarealmostinseparable.Thesightofthatinevitablewomaninherfadedgownseatedbehindherdearfriendintheopera-box,oroccupyingthebackseatofthebarouche,isalwaysawholesomeandmoralonetome,asjollyareminderasthatoftheDeath’s-headwhichfiguredintherepastsofEgyptianbon-vivants,astrangesardonicmemorialofVanityFair.What?evenbattered,brazen,beautiful,conscienceless,heartless,Mrs.Firebrace,whosefatherdiedofhershame:evenlovely,daringMrs.

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