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In Which the Same Subject is Pursued

           

           SirPittwaswellpleased,ofcourse,atthisintelligence,andcongratulatedhisbrotherwarmlyuponthepeacefulissueoftheaffair,makingappropriatemoralremarksupontheevilsofduellingandtheunsatisfactorynatureofthatsortofsettlementofdisputes.

           Andafterthispreface,hetriedwithallhiseloquencetoeffectareconciliationbetweenRawdonandhiswife.HerecapitulatedthestatementswhichBeckyhadmade,pointedouttheprobabilitiesoftheirtruth,andassertedhisownfirmbeliefinherinnocence.

           ButRawdonwouldnothearofit."Shehaskepmoneyconcealedfrommethesetenyears,"hesaid"Sheswore,lastnightonly,shehadnonefromSteyne.Sheknewitwasallup,directlyIfoundit.Ifshe’snotguilty,Pitt,she’sasbadasguilty,andI’llneverseeheragainnever."Hisheadsankdownonhischestashespokethewords,andhelookedquitebrokenandsad.

           "Pooroldboy,"Macmurdosaid,shakinghishead.

           RawdonCrawleyresistedforsometimetheideaoftakingtheplacewhichhadbeenprocuredforhimbysoodiousapatron,andwasalsoforremovingtheboyfromtheschoolwhereLordSteyne’sinteresthadplacedhim.Hewasinduced,however,toacquiesceinthesebenefitsbytheentreatiesofhisbrotherandMacmurdo,butmainlybythelatter,pointingouttohimwhatafurySteynewouldbeintothinkthathisenemy’sfortunewasmadethroughhismeans.

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