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In Which Rebecca’s Husband Appears for a Short Time

           WhowouldhavedreamedofLadyCrawleydyingsosoon?Shewasoneofthosesicklywomenthatmighthavelastedthesetenyears—Rebeccathoughttoherself,inallthewoesofrepentance—andImighthavebeenmylady!ImighthaveledthatoldmanwhitherIwould.ImighthavethankedMrs.Buteforherpatronage,andMr.Pittforhisinsufferablecondescension.Iwouldhavehadthetown-housenewlyfurnishedanddecorated.IwouldhavehadthehandsomestcarriageinLondon,andaboxattheopera;andIwouldhavebeenpresentednextseason.Allthismighthavebeen;andnow—nowallwasdoubtandmystery.

           ButRebeccawasayoungladyoftoomuchresolutionandenergyofcharactertopermitherselfmuchuselessandunseemlysorrowfortheirrevocablepast;so,havingdevotedonlytheproperportionofregrettoit,shewiselyturnedherwholeattentiontowardsthefuture,whichwasnowvastlymoreimportanttoher.Andshesurveyedherposition,anditshopes,doubts,andchances.

           Inthefirstplace,shewasMARRIED—thatwasagreatfact.SirPittknewit.Shewasnotsomuchsurprisedintotheavowal,asinducedtomakeitbyasuddencalculation.Itmusthavecomesomeday:andwhynotnowasatalaterperiod?Hewhowouldhavemarriedherhimselfmustatleastbesilentwithregardtohermarriage.HowMissCrawleywouldbearthenews—wasthegreatquestion.

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