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In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close

           Amongstthesewould-befugitives,JosremarkedtheLadyBareacresandherdaughter,whosateintheircarriageintheporte-cochereoftheirhotel,alltheirimperialspacked,andtheonlydrawbacktowhoseflightwasthesamewantofmotivepowerwhichkeptJosstationary.

           RebeccaCrawleyoccupiedapartmentsinthishotel;andhadbeforethisperiodhadsundryhostilemeetingswiththeladiesoftheBareacresfamily.MyLadyBareacrescutMrs.Crawleyonthestairswhentheymetbychance;andinallplaceswherethelatter’snamewasmentioned,spokeperseveringlyillofherneighbour.TheCountesswasshockedatthefamiliarityofGeneralTuftowiththeaide-de-camp’swife.TheLadyBlancheavoidedherasifshehadbeenaninfectiousdisease.OnlytheEarlhimselfkeptupaslyoccasionalacquaintancewithher,whenoutofthejurisdictionofhisladies.

           Rebeccahadherrevengenowupontheseinsolentenemies.IfbecameknowninthehotelthatCaptainCrawley’shorseshadbeenleftbehind,andwhenthepanicbegan,LadyBareacrescondescendedtosendhermaidtotheCaptain’swifewithherLadyship’scompliments,andadesiretoknowthepriceofMrs.Crawley’shorses.Mrs.Crawleyreturnedanotewithhercompliments,andanintimationthatitwasnothercustomtotransactbargainswithladies’maids.

           ThiscurtreplybroughttheEarlinpersontoBecky’sapartment;buthecouldgetnomoresuccessthanthefirstambassador."Sendalady’smaidtoME!"Mrs.

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