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

           "LadyJaneblushedtooassheheldoutakindlittlehandtoMissBriggs,andsaidsomethingverycivilandincoherentaboutmamma,andproposingtocallonMissCrawley,andbeinggladtobemadeknowntothefriendsandrelativesofMr.Crawley;andwithsoftdove-likeeyessalutedMissBriggsastheyseparated,whilePittCrawleytreatedhertoaprofoundcourtlybow,suchashehadusedtoH.H.theDuchessofPumpernickel,whenhewasattacheatthatcourt.

           TheartfuldiplomatistanddiscipleoftheMachiavellianBinkie!ItwashewhohadgivenLadyJanethatcopyofpoorBriggs’searlypoems,whichherememberedtohaveseenatQueen’sCrawley,withadedicationfromthepoetesstohisfather’slatewife;andhebroughtthevolumewithhimtoBrighton,readingitintheSouthamptoncoachandmarkingitwithhisownpencil,beforehepresentedittothegentleLadyJane.

           Itwashe,too,wholaidbeforeLadySouthdownthegreatadvantageswhichmightoccurfromanintimacybetweenherfamilyandMissCrawleyadvantagesbothworldlyandspiritual,hesaid:forMissCrawleywasnowquitealone;themonstrousdissipationandallianceofhisbrotherRawdonhadestrangedheraffectionsfromthatreprobateyoungman;thegreedytyrannyandavariceofMrs.

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