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In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious About Her

           "Ofcourse,Iknow,"sheexplainedtoMissBriggs,"thatRawdoncouldnotwritesuchagoodletteranymorethanyoucould,mypoorBriggs,andthatitisthatcleverlittlewretchofaRebecca,whodictateseverywordtohim;butthatisnoreasonwhymynephewshouldnotamuseme;andsoIwishtolethimunderstandthatIaminhighgoodhumour."

           IwonderwhethersheknewthatitwasnotonlyBeckywhowrotetheletters,butthatMrs.Rawdonactuallytookandsenthomethetrophieswhichsheboughtforafewfrancs,fromoneoftheinnumerablepedlarswhoimmediatelybegantodealinrelicsofthewar.Thenovelist,whoknowseverything,knowsthisalso.Bethis,however,asitmay,MissCrawley’sgraciousreplygreatlyencouragedouryoungfriends,Rawdonandhislady,whohopedforthebestfromtheiraunt’sevidentlypacifiedhumour:andtheytookcaretoentertainherwithmanydelightfullettersfromParis,whither,asRawdonsaid,theyhadthegoodlucktogointhetrackoftheconqueringarmy.

           Totherector’slady,whowentofftotendherhusband’sbrokencollar-boneattheRectoryatQueen’sCrawley,thespinster’scommunicationswerebynomeanssogracious.Mrs.Bute,thatbrisk,managing,lively,imperiouswoman,hadcommittedthemostfatalofallerrorswithregardtohersister-in-law.

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