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

           James’sStreetillumination,asitmaybeseenofanearlymorning,whenhalfthelampsareout,andtheothersareblinkingwanly,asiftheywereabouttovanishlikeghostsbeforethedawn.Suchcharmsasthoseofwhichwecatchglimpseswhileherladyship’scarriagepassesshouldappearabroadatnightalone.IfevenCynthialookshaggardofanafternoon,aswemayseehersometimesinthepresentwinterseason,withPhoebusstaringheroutofcountenancefromtheoppositesideoftheheavens,howmuchmorecanoldLadyCastlemouldykeepherheadupwhenthesunisshiningfulluponitthroughthechariotwindows,andshowingallthechinksandcrannieswithwhichtimehasmarkedherface!No.Drawing-roomsshouldbeannouncedforNovember,orthefirstfoggyday,ortheelderlysultanasofourVanityFairshoulddriveupinclosedlitters,descendinacoveredway,andmaketheircurtseytotheSovereignundertheprotectionoflamplight.

           OurbelovedRebeccahadnoneed,however,ofanysuchafriendlyhalotosetoffherbeauty.Hercomplexioncouldbearanysunshineasyet,andherdress,thoughifyouweretoseeitnow,anypresentladyofVanityFairwouldpronounceittobethemostfoolishandpreposterousattireeverworn,wasashandsomeinhereyesandthoseofthepublic,somefive-and-twentyyearssince,asthemostbrilliantcostumeofthemostfamousbeautyofthepresentseason.Ascoreofyearshencethattoo,thatmilliner’swonder,willhavepassedintothedomainoftheabsurd,alongwithallpreviousvanities.

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