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The Letter on the Pincushion

           TherewasnoneedforhimtoputhisletterintothethirdvolumeofPorteus.RebeccaeasilyfoundameanstogetridofBriggs,hercompanion,andmetherfaithfulfriendin"theusualplace"onthenextday.Shehadthoughtovermattersatnight,andcommunicatedtoRawdontheresultofherdeterminations.Heagreed,ofcourse,toeverything;wasquitesurethatitwasallright:thatwhatsheproposedwasbest;thatMissCrawleywouldinfalliblyrelent,or"comeround,"ashesaid,afteratime.HadRebecca’sresolutionsbeenentirelydifferent,hewouldhavefollowedthemasimplicitly."Youhaveheadenoughforbothofus,Beck,"saidhe."You’resuretogetusoutofthescrape.Ineversawyourequal,andI’vemetwithsomeclippersinmytimetoo."Andwiththissimpleconfessionoffaith,thelove-strickendragoonlefthertoexecutehispartoftheprojectwhichshehadformedforthepair.

           ItconsistedsimplyinthehiringofquietlodgingsatBrompton,orintheneighbourhoodofthebarracks,forCaptainandMrs.Crawley.ForRebeccahaddetermined,andveryprudently,wethink,tofly.Rawdonwasonlytoohappyatherresolve;hehadbeenentreatinghertotakethismeasureanytimeforweekspast.Heprancedofftoengagethelodgingswithalltheimpetuosityoflove.Heagreedtopaytwoguineasaweeksoreadily,thatthelandladyregrettedshehadaskedhimsolittle.Heorderedinapiano,andhalfanursery-housefullofflowers:andaheapofgoodthings.

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