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In Which Two Lights are Put Out

           DuringEmmy’scaresandpovertytheotherhadneveroncethoughtaboutcomingtoseeher,butnowthatshewasdecentlyprosperousintheworld,hersister-in-lawcametoherasamatterofcourse.

           Sodidnumbersmore.Ouroldfriend,MissSwartz,andherhusbandcamethunderingoverfromHamptonCourt,withflamingyellowliveries,andwasasimpetuouslyfondofAmeliaasever.MissSwartzwouldhavelikedheralwaysifshecouldhaveseenher.Onemustdoherthatjustice.But,quevoulezvous?inthisvasttownonehasnotthetimetogoandseekone’sfriends;iftheydropoutoftheranktheydisappear,andwemarchonwithoutthem.WhoisevermissedinVanityFair?

           Butso,inaword,andbeforetheperiodofgriefforMr.Osborne’sdeathhadsubsided,Emmyfoundherselfinthecentreofaverygenteelcircleindeed,themembersofwhichcouldnotconceivethatanybodybelongingtoitwasnotverylucky.Therewasscarceoneoftheladiesthathadn’tarelationaPeer,thoughthehusbandmightbeadrysalterintheCity.Someoftheladieswereveryblueandwellinformed,readingMrs.SomervilleandfrequentingtheRoyalInstitution;othersweresevereandEvangelical,andheldbyExeterHall.Emmy,itmustbeowned,foundherselfentirelyatalossinthemidstoftheirclavers,andsufferedwoefullyontheoneortwooccasionsonwhichshewascompelledtoacceptMrs.FrederickBullock’shospitalities.Thatladypersistedinpatronizingheranddeterminedmostgraciouslytoformher.

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