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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           Aslongassheremainedbythesideofhersister-in-law,Mrs.ButeCrawleytookcarethatherbelovedMatildashouldnotbeagitatedbyameetingwithhernephew.Whenthespinstertookherdrive,thefaithfulMrs.Butesatebesideherinthecarriage.WhenMissCrawleytooktheairinachair,Mrs.Butemarchedononesideofthevehicle,whilsthonestBriggsoccupiedtheotherwing.AndiftheymetRawdonandhiswifebychancealthoughtheformerconstantlyandobsequiouslytookoffhishat,theMiss-Crawleypartypassedhimbywithsuchafrigidandkillingindifference,thatRawdonbegantodespair.

           "WemightaswellbeinLondonashere,"CaptainRawdonoftensaid,withadowncastair.

           "AcomfortableinninBrightonisbetterthanaspunging-houseinChanceryLane,"hiswifeanswered,whowasofamorecheerfultemperament."Thinkofthosetwoaides-de-campofMr.Moses,thesheriff’s-officer,whowatchedourlodgingforaweek.Ourfriendshereareverystupid,butMr.JosandCaptainCupidarebettercompanionsthanMr.Moses’smen,Rawdon,mylove."

           "Iwonderthewritshaven’tfollowedmedownhere,"Rawdoncontinued,stilldesponding.

           "Whentheydo,we’llfindmeanstogivethemtheslip,"saiddauntlesslittleBecky,andfurtherpointedouttoherhusbandthegreatcomfortandadvantageofmeetingJosandOsborne,whoseacquaintancehadbroughttoRawdonCrawleyamosttimelylittlesupplyofreadymoney.

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