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In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors

           Theserecognitionswereinexpressiblypleasanttoher.Itseemedasifshewasnotanimposteranymore,andwascomingtothehomeofherancestors.Rawdonwasratherabashedandcastdown,ontheotherhand.Whatrecollectionsofboyhoodandinnocencemighthavebeenflittingacrosshisbrain?Whatpangsofdimremorseanddoubtandshame?

           "Yoursistersmustbeyoungwomennow,"Rebeccasaid,thinkingofthosegirlsforthefirsttimeperhapssinceshehadleftthem.

           "Don’tknow,I’mshaw,"repliedtheColonel."Hullo!here’soldMotherLock.How-dy-do,Mrs.Lock?Rememberme,don’tyou?MasterRawdon,hey?Dammyhowthoseoldwomenlast;shewasahundredwhenIwasaboy."

           Theyweregoingthroughthelodge-gateskeptbyoldMrs.Lock,whosehandRebeccainsisteduponshaking,assheflungopenthecreakingoldirongate,andthecarriagepassedbetweenthetwomoss-grownpillarssurmountedbythedoveandserpent.

           "Thegovernorhascutintothetimber,"Rawdonsaid,lookingabout,andthenwassilentsowasBecky.Bothofthemwereratheragitated,andthinkingofoldtimes.HeaboutEton,andhismother,whomheremembered,afrigiddemurewoman,andasisterwhodied,ofwhomhehadbeenpassionatelyfond;andhowheusedtothrashPitt;andaboutlittleRawdyathome.AndRebeccathoughtaboutherownyouthandthedarksecretsofthoseearlytainteddays;andofherentranceintolifebyyondergates;andofMissPinkerton,andJoe,andAmelia.

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