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In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light

           HetoldlittleSouthdownwhatLordSteynehaddone,andtheyoungmaneyedCrawleywithanairwhichsurprisedthelatter.

           HetoldLadyJaneofthissecondproofofSteyne’sbounty,andshe,too,lookedoddandalarmed;sodidSirPitt."Sheistoocleverandandgaytobeallowedtogofrompartytopartywithoutacompanion,"bothsaid."Youmustgowithher,Rawdon,wherevershegoes,andyoumusthavesomebodywithheroneofthegirlsfromQueen’sCrawley,perhaps,thoughtheywererathergiddyguardiansforher."

           SomebodyBeckyshouldhave.ButinthemeantimeitwasclearthathonestBriggsmustnotloseherchanceofsettlementforlife,andsosheandherbagswerepacked,andshesetoffonherjourney.AndsotwoofRawdon’sout-sentinelswereinthehandsoftheenemy.

           SirPittwentandexpostulatedwithhissister-in-lawuponthesubjectofthedismissalofBriggsandothermattersofdelicatefamilyinterest.InvainshepointedouttohimhownecessarywastheprotectionofLordSteyneforherpoorhusband;howcruelitwouldbeontheirparttodepriveBriggsofthepositionofferedtoher.Cajolements,coaxings,smiles,tearscouldnotsatisfySirPitt,andhehadsomethingverylikeaquarrelwithhisonceadmiredBecky.

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