Ярмарок марнославства

Full of Business and Pleasure

           Jos,too,wasagooddealfrightenedandaffectedatseeinghisoldflameinthiscondition.Andshebegan,forthwith,totellherstory—atalesoneat,simple,andartlessthatitwasquiteevidentfromhearingherthatifevertherewasawhite-robedangelescapedfromheaventobesubjecttotheinfernalmachinationsandvillainyoffiendsherebelow,thatspotlessbeing—thatmiserableunsulliedmartyr,waspresentonthebedbeforeJos—onthebed,sittingonthebrandy-bottle.

           Theyhadaverylong,amicable,andconfidentialtalkthere,inthecourseofwhichJosSedleywassomehowmadeaware(butinamannerthatdidnotintheleastscareoroffendhim)thatBecky’shearthadfirstlearnedtobeatathisenchantingpresence;thatGeorgeOsbornehadcertainlypaidanunjustifiablecourttoHER,whichmightaccountforAmelia’sjealousyandtheirlittlerupture;butthatBeckynevergavetheleastencouragementtotheunfortunateofficer,andthatshehadneverceasedtothinkaboutJosfromtheveryfirstdayshehadseenhim,though,ofcourse,herdutiesasamarriedwomanwereparamount—dutieswhichshehadalwayspreserved,andwould,toherdyingday,oruntiltheproverbiallybadclimateinwhichColonelCrawleywaslivingshouldreleaseherfromayokewhichhiscrueltyhadrenderedodioustoher.

           Joswentaway,convincedthatshewasthemostvirtuous,asshewasoneofthemostfascinatingofwomen,andrevolvinginhismindallsortsofbenevolentschemesforherwelfare.

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