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In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert

           WiththemenattheCluborthemessroom,hewaswellenough;andcouldride,bet,smoke,orplayatbilliardswiththeboldestofthem.Hehadhadhistimeforfemalefriendshipstoo,butthatwastwentyyearsago,andtheladieswereoftherankofthosewithwhomYoungMarlowinthecomedyisrepresentedashavingbeenfamiliarbeforehebecameabashedinthepresenceofMissHardcastle.ThetimesaresuchthatonescarcelydarestoalludetothatkindofcompanywhichthousandsofouryoungmeninVanityFairarefrequentingeveryday,whichnightlyfillscasinosanddancing-rooms,whichisknowntoexistaswellastheRinginHydeParkortheCongregationatSt.James’sbutwhichthemostsqueamishifnotthemostmoralofsocietiesisdeterminedtoignore.Inaword,althoughColonelCrawleywasnowfive-and-fortyyearsofage,ithadnotbeenhislotinlifetomeetwithahalfdozengoodwomen,besideshisparagonofawife.AllexceptherandhiskindsisterLadyJane,whosegentlenaturehadtamedandwonhim,scaredtheworthyColonel,andonoccasionofhisfirstdinneratGauntHousehewasnotheardtomakeasingleremarkexcepttostatethattheweatherwasveryhot.IndeedBeckywouldhavelefthimathome,butthatvirtueordainedthatherhusbandshouldbebyhersidetoprotectthetimidandflutteringlittlecreatureonherfirstappearanceinpolitesociety.

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