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           Everybodywasinecstacy;andBeckytoo,youmaybesure.ShepassedbyLadyStunningtonwithalookofscorn.ShepatronizedLadyGauntandherastonishedandmortifiedsister-in-lawsheecrasedallrivalcharmers.AsforpoorMrs.Winkworth,andherlonghairandgreateyes,whichhadmadesuchaneffectatthecommencementoftheeveningwherewasshenow?Nowhereintherace.Shemighttearherlonghairandcryhergreateyesout,buttherewasnotapersontoheedortodeplorethediscomfiture.

           Thegreatesttriumphofallwasatsuppertime.ShewasplacedatthegrandexclusivetablewithhisRoyalHighnesstheexaltedpersonagebeforementioned,andtherestofthegreatguests.Shewasservedongoldplate.ShemighthavehadpearlsmeltedintoherchampagneifshelikedanotherCleopatraandthepotentateofPeterwaradinwouldhavegivenhalfthebrilliantsoffhisjacketforakindglancefromthosedazzlingeyes.Jabotierewrotehomeabouthertohisgovernment.Theladiesattheothertables,whosuppedoffmeresilverandmarkedLordSteyne’sconstantattentiontoher,voweditwasamonstrousinfatuation,agrossinsulttoladiesofrank.Ifsarcasmcouldhavekilled,LadyStunningtonwouldhaveslainheronthespot.

           RawdonCrawleywasscaredatthesetriumphs.Theyseemedtoseparatehiswifefartherthaneverfromhimsomehow.Hethoughtwithafeelingverylikepainhowimmeasurablyshewashissuperior.

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