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In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert

           Hedescribedthepersonsoftheladieswithgreateloquence;theserviceofthetable;thesizeandcostumeoftheservants;enumeratedthedishesandwinesserved;theornamentsofthesideboard;andtheprobablevalueoftheplate.Suchadinnerhecalculatedcouldnotbedishedupunderfifteenoreighteendollarsperhead.Andhewasinthehabit,untilverylately,ofsendingoverproteges,withlettersofrecommendationtothepresentMarquisofSteyne,encouragedtodosobytheintimatetermsonwhichhehadlivedwithhisdearfriend,thelatelord.Hewasmostindignantthatayoungandinsignificantaristocrat,theEarlofSouthdown,shouldhavetakenthepasofhimintheirprocessiontothedining-room."JustasIwassteppinguptooffermyhandtoaverypleasingandwittyfashionable,thebrilliantandexclusiveMrs.RawdonCrawley,"hewrote"theyoungpatricianinterposedbetweenmeandtheladyandwhiskedmyHelenoffwithoutawordofapology.IwasfaintobringuptherearwiththeColonel,thelady’shusband,astoutred-facedwarriorwhodistinguishedhimselfatWaterloo,wherehehadbetterluckthanbefellsomeofhisbrotherredcoatsatNewOrleans."

           TheColonel’scountenanceoncomingintothispolitesocietyworeasmanyblushesasthefaceofaboyofsixteenassumeswhenheisconfrontedwithhissister’sschoolfellows.IthasbeentoldbeforethathonestRawdonhadnotbeenmuchusedatanyperiodofhislifetoladies’company.

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