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“The Girl I Left Behind Me”

           "WhatafrightIseem,"shesaid,examiningherselfintheglass,"andhowpalethispinkmakesonelook!"Soshedivestedherselfofthispinkraiment;indoingwhichanotefelloutfromhercorsage,whichshepickedupwithasmile,andlockedintoherdressing-box.Andthensheputherbouquetoftheballintoaglassofwater,andwenttobed,andsleptverycomfortably.

           Thetownwasquitequietwhenshewokeupatteno’clock,andpartookofcoffee,veryrequisiteandcomfortingaftertheexhaustionandgriefofthemorning’soccurrences.

           Thismealover,sheresumedhonestRawdon’scalculationsofthenightprevious,andsurveyedherposition.Shouldtheworstbefall,allthingsconsidered,shewasprettywelltodo.Therewereherowntrinketsandtrousseau,inadditiontothosewhichherhusbandhadleftbehind.Rawdon’sgenerosity,whentheywerefirstmarried,hasalreadybeendescribedandlauded.Besidesthese,andthelittlemare,theGeneral,herslaveandworshipper,hadmadehermanyveryhandsomepresents,intheshapeofcashmereshawlsboughtattheauctionofabankruptFrenchgeneral’slady,andnumeroustributesfromthejewellers’shops,allofwhichbetokenedheradmirer’stasteandwealth.Asfor"tickers,"aspoorRawdoncalledwatches,herapartmentswerealivewiththeirclicking.

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