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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           

           "Itwillhardlybeenoughtopaytheinnbill,"grumbledtheGuardsman.

           "Whyneedwepayit?"saidthelady,whohadananswerforeverything.

           ThroughRawdon’svalet,whostillkeptupatriflingacquaintancewiththemaleinhabitantsofMissCrawley’sservants’hall,andwasinstructedtotreatthecoachmantodrinkwhenevertheymet,oldMissCrawley’smovementswereprettywellknownbyouryoungcouple;andRebeccaluckilybethoughtherselfofbeingunwell,andofcallinginthesameapothecarywhowasinattendanceuponthespinster,sothattheirinformationwasonthewholetolerablycomplete.NorwasMissBriggs,althoughforcedtoadoptahostileattitude,secretlyinimicaltoRawdonandhiswife.Shewasnaturallyofakindlyandforgivingdisposition.Nowthatthecauseofjealousywasremoved,herdislikeforRebeccadisappearedalso,andsherememberedthelatter’sinvariablegoodwordsandgoodhumour.And,indeed,sheandMrs.Firkin,thelady’s-maid,andthewholeofMissCrawley’shousehold,groanedunderthetyrannyofthetriumphantMrs.Bute.

           Asoftenwillbethecase,thatgoodbutimperiouswomanpushedheradvantagestoofar,andhersuccessesquiteunmercifully.Shehadinthecourseofafewweeksbroughttheinvalidtosuchastateofhelplessdocility,thatthepoorsoulyieldedherselfentirelytohersister’sorders,anddidnotevendaretocomplainofherslaverytoBriggsorFirkin.Mrs.

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