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

           

           WhatwerethecircumstancesoftheinterviewbetweenRebeccaCrawley,neeSharp,andherImperialMaster,itdoesnotbecomesuchafeebleandinexperiencedpenasminetoattempttorelate.ThedazzledeyesclosebeforethatMagnificentIdea.Loyalrespectanddecencytelleventheimaginationnottolooktookeenlyandaudaciouslyaboutthesacredaudience-chamber,buttobackawayrapidly,silently,andrespectfully,makingprofoundbowsoutoftheAugustPresence.

           Thismaybesaid,thatinallLondontherewasnomoreloyalheartthanBecky’safterthisinterview.Thenameofherkingwasalwaysonherlips,andhewasproclaimedbyhertobethemostcharmingofmen.ShewenttoColnaghi’sandorderedthefinestportraitofhimthatarthadproduced,andcreditcouldsupply.Shechosethatfamousoneinwhichthebestofmonarchsisrepresentedinafrock-coatwithafurcollar,andbreechesandsilkstockings,simperingonasofafromunderhiscurlybrownwig.Shehadhimpaintedinabroochandworeitindeedsheamusedandsomewhatpesteredheracquaintancewithherperpetualtalkabouthisurbanityandbeauty.Whoknows!PerhapsthelittlewomanthoughtshemightplaythepartofaMaintenonoraPompadour.

           Butthefinestsportofallafterherpresentationwastohearhertalkvirtuously.Shehadafewfemaleacquaintances,not,itmustbeowned,oftheveryhighestreputationinVanityFair.

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