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           YouwanttodistinguishyourselfinParliament;everyonesaysyouarethefinestspeakerinEngland(foryourspeechesatOxfordarestillremembered).YouwanttobeMemberfortheCounty,where,withyourownvoteandyourboroughatyourback,youcancommandanything.AndyouwanttobeBaronCrawleyofQueen’sCrawley,andwillbebeforeyoudie.Isawitall.Icouldreadyourheart,SirPitt.IfIhadahusbandwhopossessedyourintellectashedoesyourname,IsometimesthinkIshouldnotbeunworthyofhimbutbutIamyourkinswomannow,"sheaddedwithalaugh."Poorlittlepenniless,Ihavegotalittleinterestandwhoknows,perhapsthemousemaybeabletoaidthelion."PittCrawleywasamazedandenrapturedwithherspeech."Howthatwomancomprehendsme!"hesaid."InevercouldgetJanetoreadthreepagesofthemaltpamphlet.ShehasnoideathatIhavecommandingtalentsorsecretambition.SotheyremembermyspeakingatOxford,dothey?Therascals!NowthatIrepresentmyboroughandmaysitforthecounty,theybegintorecollectme!Why,LordSteynecutmeattheleveelastyear;theyarebeginningtofindoutthatPittCrawleyissomeoneatlast.Yes,themanwasalwaysthesamewhomthesepeopleneglected:itwasonlytheopportunitythatwaswanting,andIwillshowthemnowthatIcanspeakandactaswellaswrite.Achillesdidnotdeclarehimselfuntiltheygavehimthesword.Iholditnow,andtheworldshallyethearofPittCrawley.

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