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           MissSharpcalculated(forshebecame,asweshallhearspeedily,inductedintomostofthesecretsofthefamily)thatthemerepaymentofhiscreditorscostthehonourableBaronetseveralhundredsyearly;butthiswasadelighthecouldnotforego;hehadasavagepleasureinmakingthepoorwretcheswait,andinshiftingfromcourttocourtandfromtermtotermtheperiodofsatisfaction.What’sthegoodofbeinginParliament,hesaid,ifyoumustpayyourdebts?Hence,indeed,hispositionasasenatorwasnotalittleusefultohim.

           VanityFairVanityFair!Herewasaman,whocouldnotspell,anddidnotcaretoreadwhohadthehabitsandthecunningofaboor:whoseaiminlifewaspettifogging:whoneverhadataste,oremotion,orenjoyment,butwhatwassordidandfoul;andyethehadrank,andhonours,andpower,somehow:andwasadignitaryoftheland,andapillarofthestate.Hewashighsheriff,androdeinagoldencoach.Greatministersandstatesmencourtedhim;andinVanityFairhehadahigherplacethanthemostbrilliantgeniusorspotlessvirtue.

           SirPitthadanunmarriedhalf-sisterwhoinheritedhermother’slargefortune,andthoughtheBaronetproposedtoborrowthismoneyofheronmortgage,MissCrawleydeclinedtheoffer,andpreferredthesecurityofthefunds.Shehadsignified,however,herintentionofleavingherinheritancebetweenSirPitt’ssecondsonandthefamilyattheRectory,andhadonceortwicepaidthedebtsofRawdonCrawleyinhiscareeratcollegeandinthearmy.

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