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In Which Rebecca’s Husband Appears for a Short Time

           MisgivingsRebeccahad;butsherememberedallMissCrawleyhadsaid;theoldlady’savowedcontemptforbirth;herdaringliberalopinions;hergeneralromanticpropensities;heralmostdotingattachmenttohernephew,andherrepeatedlyexpressedfondnessforRebeccaherself.Sheissofondofhim,Rebeccathought,thatshewillforgivehimanything:sheissousedtomethatIdon’tthinkshecouldbecomfortablewithoutme:whentheeclaircissementcomestherewillbeascene,andhysterics,andagreatquarrel,andthenagreatreconciliation.Atallevents,whatusewasthereindelaying?thediewasthrown,andnoworto-morrowtheissuemustbethesame.Andso,resolvedthatMissCrawleyshouldhavethenews,theyoungpersondebatedinhermindastothebestmeansofconveyingittoher;andwhethersheshouldfacethestormthatmustcome,orflyandavoidituntilitsfirstfurywasblownover.Inthisstateofmeditationshewrotethefollowingletter:

           DearestFriend,

           ThegreatcrisiswhichwehavedebatedaboutsooftenisCOME.Halfofmysecretisknown,andIhavethoughtandthought,untilIamquitesurethatnowisthetimetorevealTHEWHOLEOFTHEMYSTERY.SirPittcametomethismorning,andmadewhatdoyouthink?ADECLARATIONINFORM.Thinkofthat!Poorlittleme.ImighthavebeenLadyCrawley.HowpleasedMrs.

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