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In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors

           

           "AtleastshegivesherselfnoairsandremembersthatshewasourGovernessonce,"MissVioletsaid,intimatingthatitbefittedallgovernessestokeeptheirproperplace,andforgettingaltogetherthatshewasgranddaughternotonlyofSirWalpoleCrawley,butofMr.DawsonofMudbury,andsohadacoal-scuttleinherscutcheon.Thereareotherverywell-meaningpeoplewhomonemeetseverydayinVanityFairwhoaresurelyequallyoblivious.

           "Itcan’tbetruewhatthegirlsattheRectorysaid,thathermotherwasanopera-dancer"

           "Apersoncan’thelptheirbirth,"Rosalindrepliedwithgreatliberality."AndIagreewithourbrother,thatassheisinthefamily,ofcourseweareboundtonoticeher.IamsureAuntButeneednottalk;shewantstomarryKatetoyoungHooper,thewine-merchant,andabsolutelyaskedhimtocometotheRectoryfororders."

           "IwonderwhetherLadySouthdownwillgoaway,shelookedveryglumuponMrs.Rawdon,"theothersaid.

           "Iwishshewould.Iwon’treadtheWasherwomanofFinchleyCommon,"vowedViolet;andsosaying,andavoidingapassageattheendofwhichacertaincoffinwasplacedwithacoupleofwatchers,andlightsperpetuallyburningintheclosedroom,theseyoungwomencamedowntothefamilydinner,forwhichthebellrangasusual.

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