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           AndtheytalkedEnglishwithadorablesimplicity,andtotheconstantamusementofBeckyandmyLordSteyne,shewouldmimiconeorothertohisface,andcomplimenthimonhisadvanceintheEnglishlanguagewithagravitywhichneverfailedtotickletheMarquis,hersardonicoldpatron.TruffignygaveBriggsashawlbywayofwinningoverBecky’sconfidante,andaskedhertotakechargeofaletterwhichthesimplespinsterhandedoverinpublictothepersontowhomitwasaddressed,andthecompositionofwhichamusedeverybodywhoreaditgreatly.LordSteynereadit,everybodybuthonestRawdon,towhomitwasnotnecessarytotelleverythingthatpassedinthelittlehouseinMayFair.

           Here,beforelong,Beckyreceivednotonly"thebest"foreigners(asthephraseisinournobleandadmirablesocietyslang),butsomeofthebestEnglishpeopletoo.Idon’tmeanthemostvirtuous,orindeedtheleastvirtuous,orthecleverest,orthestupidest,ortherichest,orthebestborn,but"thebest,"—inaword,peopleaboutwhomthereisnoquestionsuchasthegreatLadyFitz-Willis,thatPatronSaintofAlmack’s,thegreatLadySlowbore,thegreatLadyGrizzelMacbeth(shewasLadyG.Glowry,daughterofLordGreyofGlowry),andthelike.WhentheCountessofFitz-Willis(herLadyshipisoftheKingstreetfamily,seeDebrettandBurke)takesupaperson,heorsheissafe.Thereisnoquestionaboutthemanymore.

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