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In Which a Charade Is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader

           CrawleyhadanassemblywhichwasattendedbytheDuchess(Dowager)ofStilton,DucdelaGruyere,MarchionessofCheshire,MarcheseAlessandroStrachino,ComtedeBrie,BaronSchapzuger,ChevalierTosti,CountessofSlingstone,andLadyF.Macadam,Major-GeneralandLadyG.Macbeth,and(2)MissMacbeths;ViscountPaddington,SirHoraceFogey,Hon.SandsBedwin,BobachyBahawder,"andan&c.,whichthereadermayfillathispleasurethroughadozencloselinesofsmalltype.

           Andinhercommercewiththegreatourdearfriendshowedthesamefranknesswhichdistinguishedhertransactionswiththelowlyinstation.Ononeoccasion,whenoutataveryfinehouse,Rebeccawas(perhapsratherostentatiously)holdingaconversationintheFrenchlanguagewithacelebratedtenorsingerofthatnation,whiletheLadyGrizzelMacbethlookedoverhershoulderscowlingatthepair.

           "HowverywellyouspeakFrench,"LadyGrizzelsaid,whoherselfspokethetongueinanEdinburghaccentmostremarkabletohear.

           "Ioughttoknowit,"Beckymodestlysaid,castingdownhereyes."Itaughtitinaschool,andmymotherwasaFrenchwoman."

           LadyGrizzelwaswonbyherhumilityandwasmollifiedtowardsthelittlewoman.Shedeploredthefatallevellingtendenciesoftheage,whichadmittedpersonsofallclassesintothesocietyoftheirsuperiors,butherladyshipownedthatthisoneatleastwaswellbehavedandneverforgotherplaceinlife.

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