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In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family

           Bowls,lateFirkin,cameandlistenedgrimlyinthepassagetothehystericalsnifflingandgigglingwhichwentoninthefrontparlour.Beckyhadneverbeenafavouriteofhers.SincetheestablishmentofthemarriedcoupleinLondontheyhadfrequentedtheirformerfriendsofthehouseofRaggles,anddidnotlikethelatter’saccountoftheColonel’smenage."Iwouldn’ttrusthim,Ragg,myboy,"Bowlsremarked;andhiswife,whenMrs.Rawdonissuedfromtheparlour,onlysalutedtheladywithaverysourcurtsey;andherfingerswerelikesomanysausages,coldandlifeless,whensheheldthemoutindeferencetoMrs.Rawdon,whopersistedinshakinghandswiththeretiredlady’smaid.ShewhirledawayintoPiccadilly,noddingwiththesweetestofsmilestowardsMissBriggs,whohungnoddingatthewindowcloseundertheadvertisement-card,andatthenextmomentwasintheparkwithahalf-dozenofdandiescanteringafterhercarriage.

           Whenshefoundhowherfriendwassituated,andhowhavingasnuglegacyfromMissCrawley,salarywasnoobjecttoourgentlewoman,Beckyinstantlyformedsomebenevolentlittledomesticplansconcerningher.Thiswasjustsuchacompanionaswouldsuitherestablishment,andsheinvitedBriggstocometodinnerwithherthatveryevening,whensheshouldseeBecky’sdearlittledarlingRawdon.

           Mrs.Bowlscautionedherlodgeragainstventuringintothelion’sden,"whereinyouwillrueit,MissB.,markmywords,andassureasmynameisBowls."AndBriggspromisedtobeverycautious

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