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In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors

           

           Theoldhaunts,theoldfieldsandwoods,thecopses,ponds,andgardens,theroomsoftheoldhousewhereshehadspentacoupleofyearssevenyearsago,wereallcarefullyrevisitedbyher.Shehadbeenyoungthere,orcomparativelyso,forsheforgotthetimewhensheeverWASyoungbutsherememberedherthoughtsandfeelingssevenyearsbackandcontrastedthemwiththosewhichshehadatpresent,nowthatshehadseentheworld,andlivedwithgreatpeople,andraisedherselffarbeyondheroriginalhumblestation.

           "Ihavepassedbeyondit,becauseIhavebrains,"Beckythought,"andalmostalltherestoftheworldarefools.Icouldnotgobackandconsortwiththosepeoplenow,whomIusedtomeetinmyfather’sstudio.Lordscomeuptomydoorwithstarsandgarters,insteadofpoorartistswithscrewsoftobaccointheirpockets.Ihaveagentlemanformyhusband,andanEarl’sdaughterformysister,intheveryhousewhereIwaslittlebetterthanaservantafewyearsago.ButamImuchbettertodonowintheworldthanIwaswhenIwasthepoorpainter’sdaughterandwheedledthegrocerroundthecornerforsugarandtea?SupposeIhadmarriedFranciswhowassofondofmeIcouldn’thavebeenmuchpoorerthanIamnow.Heigho!IwishIcouldexchangemypositioninsociety,andallmyrelationsforasnugsumintheThreePerCent.Consols";forsoitwasthatBeckyfelttheVanityofhumanaffairs,anditwasinthosesecuritiesthatshewouldhavelikedtocastanchor.

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