In Which the Same Subject is Pursued

           BeckydidnotrallyfromthestateofstuporandconfusioninwhichtheeventsofthepreviousnighthadplungedherintrepidspirituntilthebellsoftheCurzonStreetChapelswereringingforafternoonservice,andrisingfromherbedshebegantoplyherownbell,inordertosummontheFrenchmaidwhohadlefthersomehoursbefore.

           Mrs.RawdonCrawleyrangmanytimesinvain;andthough,onthelastoccasion,sherangwithsuchvehemenceastopulldownthebell-rope,MademoiselleFifinedidnotmakeherappearanceno,notthoughhermistress,inagreatpet,andwiththebell-ropeinherhand,cameouttothelanding-placewithherhairoverhershouldersandscreamedoutrepeatedlyforherattendant.

           Thetruthis,shehadquittedthepremisesformanyhours,anduponthatpermissionwhichiscalledFrenchleaveamongusAfterpickingupthetrinketsinthedrawing-room,Mademoisellehadascendedtoherownapartments,packedandcordedherownboxesthere,trippedoutandcalledacabforherself,broughtdownhertrunkswithherownhand,andwithouteversomuchasaskingtheaidofanyoftheotherservants,whowouldprobablyhaverefusedit,astheyhatedhercordially,andwithoutwishinganyoneofthemgood-bye,hadmadeherexitfromCurzonStreet.

           Thegame,inheropinion,wasoverinthatlittledomesticestablishment.

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