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In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family

           

           Briggstriedtolivewithherrelationsinthecountry,butfoundthatattemptwasvainafterthebettersocietytowhichshehadbeenaccustomed.Briggs’sfriends,smalltradesmen,inacountrytown,quarrelledoverMissBriggs’sfortypoundsayearaseagerlyandmoreopenlythanMissCrawley’skinsfolkhadforthatlady’sinheritance.Briggs’sbrother,aradicalhatterandgrocer,calledhissisterapurse-proudaristocrat,becauseshewouldnotadvanceapartofhercapitaltostockhisshop;andshewouldhavedonesomostlikely,butthattheirsister,adissentingshoemaker’slady,atvariancewiththehatterandgrocer,whowenttoanotherchapel,showedhowtheirbrotherwasonthevergeofbankruptcy,andtookpossessionofBriggsforawhile.ThedissentingshoemakerwantedMissBriggstosendhissontocollegeandmakeagentlemanofhim.Betweenthemthetwofamiliesgotagreatportionofherprivatesavingsoutofher,andfinallyshefledtoLondonfollowedbytheanathemasofboth,anddeterminedtoseekforservitudeagainasinfinitelylessonerousthanliberty.Andadvertisinginthepapersthata"Gentlewomanofagreeablemanners,andaccustomedtothebestsociety,wasanxiousto,"&c.,shetookupherresidencewithMr.BowlsinHalfMoonStreet,andwaitedtheresultoftheadvertisement.

           SoitwasthatshefellinwithRebecca.Mrs.Rawdon’sdashinglittlecarriageandponieswaswhirlingdownthestreetoneday,justasMissBriggs,fatigued,hadreachedMr.

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