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

           Butwearewanderingtoomuch.Mrs.Rawdon’sdresswaspronouncedtobecharmanteontheeventfuldayofherpresentation.EvengoodlittleLadyJanewasforcedtoacknowledgethiseffect,asshelookedatherkinswoman,andownedsorrowfullytoherselfthatshewasquiteinferiorintastetoMrs.Becky.

           Shedidnotknowhowmuchcare,thought,andgeniusMrs.Rawdonhadbestoweduponthatgarment.RebeccahadasgoodtasteasanymillinerinEurope,andsuchacleverwayofdoingthingsasLadyJanelittleunderstood.ThelatterquicklyspiedoutthemagnificenceofthebrocadeofBecky’strain,andthesplendourofthelaceonherdress.

           Thebrocadewasanoldremnant,Beckysaid;andasforthelace,itwasagreatbargain.Shehadhaditthesehundredyears.

           "MydearMrs.Crawley,itmusthavecostalittlefortune,"LadyJanesaid,lookingdownatherownlace,whichwasnotnearlysogood;andthenexaminingthequalityoftheancientbrocadewhichformedthematerialofMrs.Rawdon’sCourtdress,shefeltinclinedtosaythatshecouldnotaffordsuchfineclothing,butcheckedthatspeech,withaneffort,asoneuncharitabletoherkinswoman.

           Andyet,ifLadyJanehadknownall,Ithinkevenherkindlytemperwouldhavefailedher.Thefactis,whenshewasputtingSirPitt’shouseinorder,Mrs.

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