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The Letter on the Pincushion

           Whenmyfriend,thefashionableJohnPimlico,marriedthelovelyLadyBelgraviaGreenParker,theexcitementwassogeneralthateventhelittlesnuffyoldpew-openerwholetmeintotheseatwasintears.Andwherefore?Iinquiredofmyownsoul:shewasnotgoingtobemarried.

           MissCrawleyandBriggsinaword,aftertheaffairofSirPitt,indulgedintheutmostluxuryofsentiment,andRebeccabecameanobjectofthemosttenderinteresttothem.InherabsenceMissCrawleysolacedherselfwiththemostsentimentalofthenovelsinherlibrary.LittleSharp,withhersecretgriefs,wastheheroineoftheday.

           ThatnightRebeccasangmoresweetlyandtalkedmorepleasantlythanshehadeverbeenheardtodoinParkLane.ShetwinedherselfroundtheheartofMissCrawley.ShespokelightlyandlaughinglyofSirPitt’sproposal,ridiculeditasthefoolishfancyofanoldman;andhereyesfilledwithtears,andBriggs’sheartwithunutterablepangsofdefeat,asshesaidshedesirednootherlotthantoremainforeverwithherdearbenefactress."Mydearlittlecreature,"theoldladysaid,"Idon’tintendtoletyoustirforyears,thatyoumaydependuponit.Asforgoingbacktothatodiousbrotherofmineafterwhathaspassed,itisoutofthequestion.HereyoustaywithmeandBriggs.Briggswantstogotoseeherrelationsveryoften.Briggs,youmaygowhenyoulike.Butasforyou,mydear,youmuststayandtakecareoftheoldwoman.

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