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

           

           "Youoweherherwages,Isuppose?"saidthePeer.

           "Worsethanthat,"saidBecky,stillcastingdownhereyes;"Ihaveruinedher."

           "Ruinedher?Thenwhydon’tyouturnherout?"thegentlemanasked.

           "Mendothat,"Beckyansweredbitterly."Womenarenotsobadasyou.Lastyear,whenwewerereducedtoourlastguinea,shegaveuseverything.Sheshallneverleaveme,untilweareruinedutterlyourselves,whichdoesnotseemfaroff,oruntilIcanpayhertheutmostfarthing."

           "———it,howmuchisit?"saidthePeerwithanoath.AndBecky,reflectingonthelargenessofhismeans,mentionednotonlythesumwhichshehadborrowedfromMissBriggs,butoneofnearlydoubletheamount.

           ThiscausedtheLordSteynetobreakoutinanotherbriefandenergeticexpressionofanger,atwhichRebeccahelddownherheadthemoreandcriedbitterly."Icouldnothelpit.Itwasmyonlychance.Idarenottellmyhusband.HewouldkillmeifItoldhimwhatIhavedone.Ihavekeptitasecretfromeverybodybutyouandyouforceditfromme.Ah,whatshallIdo,LordSteyne?forIamvery,veryunhappy!"

           LordSteynemadenoreplyexceptbybeatingthedevil’stattooandbitinghisnails.Atlastheclappedhishatonhisheadandflungoutoftheroom.Rebeccadidnotrisefromherattitudeofmiseryuntilthedoorslammeduponhimandhiscarriagewhirledaway.

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