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In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company

           

           ThenRawdonfollowedinhisoldGuards’uniform,whichhadgrownwoefullyshabby,andwasmuchtootight.Hewastohavefollowedtheprocessionandwaiteduponhissovereigninacab,butthathisgood-naturedsister-in-lawinsistedthattheyshouldbeafamilyparty.Thecoachwaslarge,theladiesnotverybig,theywouldholdtheirtrainsintheirlapsfinally,thefourwentfraternallytogether,andtheircarriagepresentlyjoinedthelineofroyalequipageswhichwasmakingitswaydownPiccadillyandSt.James’sStreet,towardstheoldbrickpalacewheretheStarofBrunswickwasinwaitingtoreceivehisnoblesandgentlefolks.

           Beckyfeltasifshecouldblessthepeopleoutofthecarriagewindows,soelatedwassheinspirit,andsostrongasensehadsheofthedignifiedpositionwhichshehadatlastattainedinlife.EvenourBeckyhadherweaknesses,andasoneoftenseeshowmenpridethemselvesuponexcellenceswhichothersareslowtoperceive:how,forinstance,ComusfirmlybelievesthatheisthegreatesttragicactorinEngland;howBrown,thefamousnovelist,longstobeconsidered,notamanofgenius,butamanoffashion;whileRobinson,thegreatlawyer,doesnotintheleastcareabouthisreputationinWestminsterHall,butbelieveshimselfincomparableacrosscountryandatafive-barredgatesotobe,andtobethought,arespectablewomanwasBecky’saiminlife,andshegotupthegenteelwithamazingassiduity,readiness,andsuccess.

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