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In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign

           ThehumblecallingofherfemaleparentMissSharpneveralludedto,butusedtostatesubsequentlythattheEntrechatswereanoblefamilyofGascony,andtookgreatprideinherdescentfromthem.Andcuriousitisthatassheadvancedinlifethisyounglady’sancestorsincreasedinrankandsplendour.

           Rebecca’smotherhadhadsomeeducationsomewhere,andherdaughterspokeFrenchwithpurityandaParisianaccent.Itwasinthosedaysratherarareaccomplishment,andledtoherengagementwiththeorthodoxMissPinkerton.Forhermotherbeingdead,herfather,findinghimselfnotlikelytorecover,afterhisthirdattackofdeliriumtremens,wroteamanlyandpatheticlettertoMissPinkerton,recommendingtheorphanchildtoherprotection,andsodescendedtothegrave,aftertwobailiffshadquarrelledoverhiscorpse.RebeccawasseventeenwhenshecametoChiswick,andwasboundoverasanarticledpupil;herdutiesbeingtotalkFrench,aswehaveseen;andherprivilegestolivecostfree,and,withafewguineasayear,togatherscrapsofknowledgefromtheprofessorswhoattendedtheschool.

           Shewassmallandslightinperson;pale,sandy-haired,andwitheyeshabituallycastdown:whentheylookeduptheywereverylarge,odd,andattractive;soattractivethattheReverendMr.Crisp,freshfromOxford,andcuratetotheVicarofChiswick,theReverendMr.

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