Ярмарок марнославства

A Vagabond Chapter

           

           Sherougedregularlynow;andandhermaidgotCognacforherbesidesthatwhichwaschargedinthehotelbill.

           Perhapstheinsultsofthemenwerenot,however,sointolerabletoherasthesympathyofcertainwomen.Mrs.CrackenburyandMrs.WashingtonWhitepassedthroughBoulogneontheirwaytoSwitzerland.ThepartywereprotectedbyColonelHorner,youngBeaumoris,andofcourseoldCrackenbury,andMrs.White’slittlegirl.THEYdidnotavoidher.Theygiggled,cackled,tattled,condoled,consoled,andpatronizedheruntiltheydroveheralmostwildwithrage.TobepatronizedbyTHEM!shethought,astheywentawaysimperingafterkissingher.AndsheheardBeaumoris’slaughringingonthestairandknewquitewellhowtointerprethishilarity.

           ItwasafterthisvisitthatBecky,whohadpaidherweeklybills,Beckywhohadmadeherselfagreeabletoeverybodyinthehouse,whosmiledatthelandlady,calledthewaiters"monsieur,"andpaidthechambermaidsinpolitenessandapologies,whatfarmorethancompensatedforalittleniggardlinessinpointofmoney(ofwhichBeckyneverwasfree),thatBecky,wesay,receivedanoticetoquitfromthelandlord,whohadbeentoldbysomeonethatshewasquiteanunfitpersontohaveathishotel,whereEnglishladieswouldnotsitdownwithher.Andshewasforcedtoflyintolodgingsofwhichthedulnessandsolitudeweremostwearisometoher.

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