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

           I,myself,thewifeofaBaronet’syoungerbrother,too,neverthoughtofsuchathingasgoingtoCourtnorwouldotherpeople,ifgoodQueenCharlottehadbeenalive."InthiswaytheworthyRectoressconsoledherself,andherdaughterssighedandsatoverthePeerageallnight.

           Afewdaysafterthefamouspresentation,anothergreatandexceedinghonourwasvouchsafedtothevirtuousBecky.LadySteyne’scarriagedroveuptoMr.RawdonCrawley’sdoor,andthefootman,insteadofdrivingdownthefrontofthehouse,asbyhistremendousknockingheappearedtobeinclinedtodo,relentedandonlydeliveredinacoupleofcards,onwhichwereengraventhenamesoftheMarchionessofSteyneandtheCountessofGaunt.Ifthesebitsofpasteboardhadbeenbeautifulpictures,orhadhadahundredyardsofMalineslacerolledroundthem,worthtwicethenumberofguineas,Beckycouldnothaveregardedthemwithmorepleasure.Youmaybesuretheyoccupiedaconspicuousplaceinthechinabowlonthedrawing-roomtable,whereBeckykeptthecardsofhervisitors.Lord!lord!howpoorMrs.WashingtonWhite’scardandLadyCrackenbury’scardwhichourlittlefriendhadbeengladenoughtogetafewmonthsback,andofwhichthesillylittlecreaturewasratherproudonceLord!lord!Isay,howsoonattheappearanceofthesegrandcourtcards,didthosepoorlittleneglecteddeucessinkdowntothebottomofthepack.

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