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Between Hampshire and London

           

           LadyJane’ssweetnessandkindnesshadinspiredRebeccawithsuchacontemptforherladyshipasthelittlewomanfoundnosmalldifficultyinconcealing.ThatsortofgoodnessandsimplicitywhichLadyJanepossessedannoyedourfriendBecky,anditwasimpossibleforherattimesnottoshow,ortolettheotherdivine,herscorn.Herpresence,too,renderedLadyJaneuneasy.HerhusbandtalkedconstantlywithBecky.Signsofintelligenceseemedtopassbetweenthem,andPittspokewithheronsubjectsonwhichheneverthoughtofdiscoursingwithLadyJane.Thelatterdidnotunderstandthem,tobesure,butitwasmortifyingtoremainsilent;stillmoremortifyingtoknowthatyouhadnothingtosay,andhearthatlittleaudaciousMrs.Rawdondashingonfromsubjecttosubject,withawordforeveryman,andajokealwayspat;andtositinone’sownhousealone,bythefireside,andwatchingallthemenroundyourrival.

           Inthecountry,whenLadyJanewastellingstoriestothechildren,whoclusteredaboutherknees(littleRawdonintothebargain,whowasveryfondofher),andBeckycameintotheroom,sneeringwithgreenscornfuleyes,poorLadyJanegrewsilentunderthosebalefulglances.Hersimplelittlefanciesshrankawaytremulously,asfairiesinthestory-books,beforeasuperiorbadangel.Shecouldnotgoon,althoughRebecca,withthesmallestinflectionofsarcasminhervoice,besoughthertocontinuethatcharmingstory.AndonhersidegentlethoughtsandsimplepleasureswereodioustoMrs.

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