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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           

           Butbeforethenightwasoverhewascompelledtogivein,andown,asusual,tohiswife’ssuperiorprudenceandforesight,bythemostmelancholyconfirmationofthepresentimentswhichshehadregardingtheconsequencesofthemistakewhichhehadmade.MissCrawleymusthavehadsomeemotionuponseeinghimandshakinghandswithhimaftersolongarupture.Shemuseduponthemeetingaconsiderabletime."Rawdonisgettingveryfatandold,Briggs,"shesaidtohercompanion."Hisnosehasbecomered,andheisexceedinglycoarseinappearance.Hismarriagetothatwomanhashopelesslyvulgarisedhim.Mrs.Butealwayssaidtheydranktogether;andIhavenodoubttheydo.Yes:hesmeltofginabominably.Iremarkedit.Didn’tyou?"

           InvainBriggsinterposedthatMrs.Butespokeillofeverybody:and,asfarasapersoninherhumblepositioncouldjudge,wasan

           "Anartfuldesigningwoman?Yes,sosheis,andshedoesspeakillofeveryonebutIamcertainthatwomanhasmadeRawdondrink.Allthoselowpeopledo—"

           "Hewasverymuchaffectedatseeingyou,ma’am,"thecompanionsaid;"andIamsure,whenyourememberthatheisgoingtothefieldofdanger—"

           "Howmuchmoneyhashepromisedyou,Briggs?"theoldspinstercriedout,workingherselfintoanervousrage—"therenow,ofcourseyoubegintocry.Ihatescenes.

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