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Miss Crawley at Home

           ItmusthaveoftencrossedMissCrawley’smindthatnobodydoesanythingfornothing.Ifshemeasuredherownfeelingtowardstheworld,shemusthavebeenprettywellabletogaugethoseoftheworldtowardsherself;andperhapsshereflectedthatitistheordinarylotofpeopletohavenofriendsiftheythemselvescarefornobody.

           Well,meanwhileBeckywasthegreatestcomfortandconveniencetoher,andshegaveheracoupleofnewgowns,andanoldnecklaceandshawl,andshowedherfriendshipbyabusingallherintimateacquaintancestohernewconfidante(thanwhichtherecan’tbeamoretouchingproofofregard),andmeditatedvaguelysomegreatfuturebenefittomarryherperhapstoClump,theapothecary,ortosettleherinsomeadvantageouswayoflife;oratanyrate,tosendherbacktoQueen’sCrawleywhenshehaddonewithher,andthefullLondonseasonhadbegun.

           WhenMissCrawleywasconvalescentanddescendedtothedrawing-room,Beckysangtoher,andotherwiseamusedher;whenshewaswellenoughtodriveout,Beckyaccompaniedher.Andamongstthedriveswhichtheytook,whither,ofallplacesintheworld,didMissCrawley’sadmirablegood-natureandfriendshipactuallyinducehertopenetrate,buttoRussellSquare,Bloomsbury,andthehouseofJohnSedley,Esquire.

           Erethatevent,manynoteshadpassed,asmaybeimagined,betweenthetwodearfriends.

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