Ярмарок марнославства

In Which Rebecca’s Husband Appears for a Short Time

           

           Rebeccawasverykind,veryaffectionateandaffectedrespondedtoBriggs’sofferoftendernesswithgratefulfervourownedtherewasasecretattachmentadeliciousmysterywhatapityMissBriggshadnotremainedhalfaminutelongeratthekeyhole!Rebeccamight,perhaps,havetoldmore:butfiveminutesafterMissBriggs’sarrivalinRebecca’sapartment,MissCrawleyactuallymadeherappearancethereanunheard-ofhonourherimpatiencehadovercomeher;shecouldnotwaitforthetardyoperationsofherambassadress:soshecameinperson,andorderedBriggsoutoftheroom.AndexpressingherapprovalofRebecca’sconduct,sheaskedparticularsoftheinterview,andtheprevioustransactionswhichhadbroughtabouttheastonishingofferofSirPitt.

           RebeccasaidshehadlonghadsomenotionofthepartialitywithwhichSirPitthonouredher(forhewasinthehabitofmakinghisfeelingsknowninaveryfrankandunreservedmanner)but,nottomentionprivatereasonswithwhichshewouldnotforthepresenttroubleMissCrawley,SirPitt’sage,station,andhabitsweresuchastorenderamarriagequiteimpossible;andcouldawomanwithanyfeelingofself-respectandanydecencylistentoproposalsatsuchamoment,whenthefuneralofthelover’sdeceasedwifehadnotactuallytakenplace?

           "Nonsense,mydear,youwouldneverhaverefusedhimhadtherenotbeensomeoneelseinthecase,"MissCrawleysaid,comingtoherpointatonce.

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