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In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors

           Rawdon,"Ahem!Rebecca,mayIgiveyouawing?"aspeechwhichmadethelittlewoman’seyessparklewithpleasure.

           WhileRebeccawasprosecutingtheaboveschemesandhopes,andPittCrawleyarrangingthefuneralceremonialandothermattersconnectedwithhisfutureprogressanddignity,andLadyJanebusywithhernursery,asfarashermotherwouldlether,andthesunrisingandsetting,andtheclock-towerbelloftheHallringingtodinnerandtoprayersasusual,thebodyofthelateownerofQueen’sCrawleylayintheapartmentwhichhehadoccupied,watchedunceasinglybytheprofessionalattendantswhowereengagedforthatrite.Awomanortwo,andthreeorfourundertaker’smen,thebestwhomSouthamptoncouldfurnish,dressedinblack,andofaproperstealthyandtragicaldemeanour,hadchargeoftheremainswhichtheywatchedturnabout,havingthehousekeeper’sroomfortheirplaceofrendezvouswhenoffduty,wheretheyplayedatcardsinprivacyanddranktheirbeer.

           Themembersofthefamilyandservantsofthehousekeptawayfromthegloomyspot,wherethebonesofthedescendantofanancientlineofknightsandgentlemenlay,awaitingtheirfinalconsignmenttothefamilycrypt.Noregretsattendedthem,savethoseofthepoorwomanwhohadhopedtobeSirPitt’swifeandwidowandwhohadfledindisgracefromtheHalloverwhichshehadsonearlybeenaruler.

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