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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           ShouldthemachinationsofthehorribleMrs.Buteend,asshetoomuchfearedtheywould,inbanishingeverybodythatMissCrawleylovedfromherside,andleavingthatpoorladyavictimtothoseharpiesattheRectory,Rebeccabesoughther(MissBriggs)torememberthatherownhome,humbleasitwas,wasalwaysopentoreceiveBriggs.Dearfriend,"sheexclaimed,inatransportofenthusiasm,"someheartscanneverforgetbenefits;allwomenarenotButeCrawleys!ThoughwhyshouldIcomplainofher,"Rebeccaadded;"thoughIhavebeenhertoolandthevictimtoherarts,doInotowemydearestRawdontoher?"AndRebeccaunfoldedtoBriggsallMrs.Bute’sconductatQueen’sCrawley,which,thoughunintelligibletoherthen,wasclearlyenoughexplainedbytheeventsnownowthattheattachmenthadsprungupwhichMrs.Butehadencouragedbyathousandartificesnowthattwoinnocentpeoplehadfallenintothesnareswhichshehadlaidforthem,andlovedandmarriedandbeenruinedthroughherschemes.

           Itwasallverytrue.Briggssawthestratagemsasclearlyaspossible.Mrs.ButehadmadethematchbetweenRawdonandRebecca.Yet,thoughthelatterwasaperfectlyinnocentvictim,MissBriggscouldnotdisguisefromherfriendherfearthatMissCrawley’saffectionswerehopelesslyestrangedfromRebecca,andthattheoldladywouldneverforgivehernephewformakingsoimprudentamarriage.

           OnthispointRebeccahadherownopinion,andstillkeptupagoodheart.

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