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A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           ‘sremainingcapital;thatSirPitt,aftermuchconsideration,hadthoughtofamostsafeandadvantageouswayinwhichBriggscouldlayouthermoney;that,beingespeciallyinterestedinherasanattachedfriendofthelateMissCrawley,andofthewholefamily,andthatlongbeforehelefttown,hehadrecommendedthatsheshouldbereadywiththemoneyatamoment’snotice,soastopurchaseatthemostfavourableopportunitytheshareswhichSirPitthadinhiseye.PoorMissBriggswasverygratefulforthismarkofSirPitt’sattentionitcamesounsolicited,shesaid,forshenevershouldhavethoughtofremovingthemoneyfromthefundsandthedelicacyenhancedthekindnessoftheoffice;andshepromisedtoseehermanofbusinessimmediatelyandbereadywithherlittlecashattheproperhour.

           AndthisworthywomanwassogratefulforthekindnessofRebeccainthematter,andforthatofhergenerousbenefactor,theColonel,thatshewentoutandspentagreatpartofherhalf-year’sdividendinthepurchaseofablackvelvetcoatforlittleRawdon,who,bytheway,wasgrownalmosttoobigforblackvelvetnow,andwasofasizeandagebefittinghimfortheassumptionofthevirilejacketandpantaloons.

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