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In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family

           Bowls’sdoor,afterawearywalktotheTimesOfficeintheCitytoinsertheradvertisementforthesixthtime.Rebeccawasdriving,andatoncerecognizedthegentlewomanwithagreeablemanners,andbeingaperfectlygood-humouredwoman,aswehaveseen,andhavingaregardforBriggs,shepulleduptheponiesatthedoorsteps,gavethereinstothegroom,andjumpingout,hadholdofbothBriggs’shands,beforesheoftheagreeablemannershadrecoveredfromtheshockofseeinganoldfriend.

           Briggscried,andBeckylaughedagreatdealandkissedthegentlewomanassoonastheygotintothepassage;andthenceintoMrs.Bowls’sfrontparlour,withtheredmoreencurtains,andtheroundlooking-glass,withthechainedeagleabove,gazinguponthebackoftheticketinthewindowwhichannounced"ApartmentstoLet."

           Briggstoldallherhistoryamidstthoseperfectlyuncalled-forsobsandejaculationsofwonderwithwhichwomenofhersoftnaturesaluteanoldacquaintance,orregardarencontreinthestreet;forthoughpeoplemeetotherpeopleeveryday,yetsometherearewhoinsistupondiscoveringmiracles;andwomen,eventhoughtheyhavedislikedeachother,begintocrywhentheymeet,deploringandrememberingthetimewhentheylastquarrelled.So,inaword,Briggstoldallherhistory,andBeckygaveanarrativeofherownlife,withherusualartlessnessandcandour.

           Mrs.

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