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A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           

           ItwasdarkagainwhenlittleRawdonwaswakeneduptoenterhisuncle’scarriageatMudbury,andhesatandlookedoutofitwonderingasthegreatirongatesflewopen,andatthewhitetrunksofthelimesastheysweptby,untiltheystopped,atlength,beforethelightwindowsoftheHall,whichwereblazingandcomfortablewithChristmaswelcome.Thehall-doorwasflungopenabigfirewasburninginthegreatoldfire-placeacarpetwasdownoverthechequeredblackflags—"It’stheoldTurkeyonethatusedtobeintheLadies’Gallery,"thoughtRebecca,andthenextinstantwaskissingLadyJane.

           SheandSirPittperformedthesamesalutewithgreatgravity;butRawdon,havingbeensmoking,hungbackratherfromhissister-in-law,whosetwochildrencameuptotheircousin;and,whileMatildaheldoutherhandandkissedhim,PittBinkieSouthdown,thesonandheir,stoodaloofratherandexaminedhimasalittledogdoesabigdog.

           Thenthekindhostessconductedhergueststothesnugapartmentsblazingwithcheerfulfires.ThentheyoungladiescameandknockedatMrs.Rawdon’sdoor,underthepretencethattheyweredesiroustobeuseful,butinrealitytohavethepleasureofinspectingthecontentsofherbandandbonnet-boxes,andherdresseswhich,thoughblack,wereofthenewestLondonfashion.AndtheytoldherhowmuchtheHallwaschangedforthebetter,andhowoldLadySouthdownwasgone,andhowPittwastakinghisstationinthecounty,asbecameaCrawleyinfact.

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