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A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           

           BeckymadeRawdondineoutonceortwiceonbusiness,whilePittstayedwiththem,andtheBaronetpassedthehappyeveningalonewithherandBriggs.Shewentdownstairstothekitchenandactuallycookedlittledishesforhim."Isn’titagoodsalmi?"shesaid;"Imadeitforyou.Icanmakeyoubetterdishesthanthat,andwillwhenyoucometoseeme."

           "Everythingyoudo,youdowell,"saidtheBaronetgallantly."Thesalmiisexcellentindeed."

           "Apoorman’swife,"Rebeccarepliedgaily,"mustmakeherselfuseful,youknow";onwhichherbrother-in-lawvowedthat"shewasfittobethewifeofanEmperor,andthattobeskilfulindomesticdutieswassurelyoneofthemostcharmingofwoman’squalities."AndSirPittthought,withsomethinglikemortification,ofLadyJaneathome,andofacertainpiewhichshehadinsistedonmaking,andservingtohimatdinneramostabominablepie.

           Besidesthesalmi,whichwasmadeofLordSteyne’spheasantsfromhislordship’scottageofStillbrook,Beckygaveherbrother-in-lawabottleofwhitewine,somethatRawdonhadbroughtwithhimfromFrance,andhadpickedupfornothing,thelittlestory-tellersaid;whereastheliquorwas,intruth,someWhiteHermitagefromtheMarquisofSteyne’sfamouscellars,whichbroughtfireintotheBaronet’spallidcheeksandaglowintohisfeebleframe.

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