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           Sitdown,gentlemen,andfallto,withagoodheartyappetite;thefat,thelean,thegravy,thehorse-radishasyoulikeitdon’tspareit.Anotherglassofwine,Jones,myboyalittlebitoftheSundayside.Yes,letuseatourfillofthevainthingandbethankfultherefor.AndletusmakethebestofBecky’saristocraticpleasureslikewiseforthesetoo,likeallothermortaldelights,werebuttransitory.

           TheupshotofhervisittoLordSteynewasthatHisHighnessthePrinceofPeterwaradintookoccasiontorenewhisacquaintancewithColonelCrawley,whentheymetonthenextdayattheClub,andtocomplimentMrs.CrawleyintheRingofHydeParkwithaprofoundsaluteofthehat.SheandherhusbandwereinvitedimmediatelytooneofthePrince’ssmallpartiesatLevantHouse,thenoccupiedbyHisHighnessduringthetemporaryabsencefromEnglandofitsnobleproprietor.Shesangafterdinnertoaverylittlecomite.TheMarquisofSteynewaspresent,paternallysuperintendingtheprogressofhispupil.

           AtLevantHouseBeckymetoneofthefinestgentlemenandgreatestministersthatEuropehasproducedtheDucdelaJabotiere,thenAmbassadorfromtheMostChristianKing,andsubsequentlyMinistertothatmonarch.IdeclareIswellwithprideastheseaugustnamesaretranscribedbymypen,andIthinkinwhatbrilliantcompanymydearBeckyismoving.

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