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Quite a Sentimental Chapter

           WhileBeckySharpwasonherownwinginthecountry,hoppingonallsortsoftwigs,andamidamultiplicityoftraps,andpeckingupherfoodquiteharmlessandsuccessful,AmelialaysnuginherhomeofRussellSquare;ifshewentintotheworld,itwasundertheguidanceoftheelders;nordiditseemthatanyevilcouldbefallherorthatopulentcheerycomfortablehomeinwhichshewasaffectionatelysheltered.Mammahadhermorningduties,andherdailydrive,andthedelightfulroundofvisitsandshoppingwhichformstheamusement,ortheprofessionasyoumaycallit,oftherichLondonlady.PapaconductedhismysteriousoperationsintheCityastirringplaceinthosedays,whenwarwasragingalloverEurope,andempireswerebeingstaked;whenthe"Courier"newspaperhadtensofthousandsofsubscribers;whenonedaybroughtyouabattleofVittoria,anotheraburningofMoscow,oranewsman’shornblowingdownRussellSquareaboutdinner-time,announcedsuchafactas—"BattleofLeipsicsixhundredthousandmenengagedtotaldefeatoftheFrenchtwohundredthousandkilled."OldSedleyonceortwicecamehomewithaverygraveface;andnowonder,whensuchnewsasthiswasagitatingalltheheartsandalltheStocksofEurope.

           MeanwhilematterswentoninRussellSquare,Bloomsbury,justasifmattersinEuropewerenotintheleastdisorganised.TheretreatfromLeipsicmadenodifferenceinthenumberofmealsMr.

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