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A Rescue and a Catastrophe

           MissMoss,adark-eyedmaidincurl-papers,appearedwiththeteapot,and,smiling,askedtheColonelhowhehadslep?AndshebroughthimintheMorningPost,withthenamesofallthegreatpeoplewhohadfiguredatLordSteyne’sentertainmentthenightbefore.ItcontainedabrilliantaccountofthefestivitiesandofthebeautifulandaccomplishedMrs.RawdonCrawley’sadmirablepersonifications.

           Afteralivelychatwiththislady(whosatontheedgeofthebreakfasttableinaneasyattitudedisplayingthedraperyofherstockingandanex-whitesatinshoe,whichwasdownatheel),ColonelCrawleycalledforpensandink,andpaper,andbeingaskedhowmanysheets,choseonewhichwasbroughttohimbetweenMissMoss’sownfingerandthumb.Manyasheethadthatdark-eyeddamselbroughtin;manyapoorfellowhadscrawledandblottedhurriedlinesofentreatyandpacedupanddownthatawfulroomuntilhismessengerbroughtbackthereply.Poormenalwaysusemessengersinsteadofthepost.Whohasnothadtheirletters,withthewaferswet,andtheannouncementthatapersoniswaitinginthehall?

           Nowonthescoreofhisapplication,Rawdonhadnotmanymisgivings.

           DEARBECKY,(Rawdonwrote)

           IHOPEYOUSLEPTWELL.Don’tbeFRIGHTENEDifIdon’tbringyouinyourCOFFY.LastnightasIwascominghomesmoaking,ImetwithanACCADENT.IwasNABBEDbyMossofCursitorStreetfromwhoseGILTANDSPLENDIDPARLERIwritethisthesamethathadmethistimetwoyears.

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