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           ShebecameaconstantguestattheFrenchEmbassy,wherenopartywasconsideredtobecompletewithoutthepresenceofthecharmingMadameRavdonnCravley.MessieursdeTruffigny(ofthePerigordfamily)andChampignac,bothattachesoftheEmbassy,werestraightwaysmittenbythecharmsofthefairColonel’swife,andbothdeclared,accordingtothewontoftheirnation(forwhoeveryetmetaFrenchman,comeoutofEngland,thathasnotlefthalfadozenfamiliesmiserable,andbroughtawayasmanyheartsinhispocket-book?),both,Isay,declaredthattheywereaumieuxwiththecharmingMadameRavdonn.

           ButIdoubtthecorrectnessoftheassertion.Champignacwasveryfondofecarte,andmademanypartieswiththeColonelofevenings,whileBeckywassingingtoLordSteyneintheotherroom;andasforTruffigny,itisawell-knownfactthathedarednotgototheTravellers’,whereheowedmoneytothewaiters,andifhehadnothadtheEmbassyasadining-place,theworthyyounggentlemanmusthavestarved.Idoubt,Isay,thatBeckywouldhaveselectedeitheroftheseyoungmenasapersononwhomshewouldbestowherspecialregard.Theyranofhermessages,purchasedherglovesandflowers,wentindebtforopera-boxesforher,andmadethemselvesamiableinathousandways.

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