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A Cynical Chapter

           "Therehasbeenbetterladies,andtherehasbeenworser,Hester,"wasMissHorrocks’replytothiscomplimentofherinferior;sosheruled,havingsupremepoweroverallexceptherfather,whom,however,shetreatedwithconsiderablehaughtiness,warninghimnottobetoofamiliarinhisbehaviourtoone"aswastobeaBaronet’slady."Indeed,sherehearsedthatexaltedpartinlifewithgreatsatisfactiontoherself,andtotheamusementofoldSirPitt,whochuckledatherairsandgraces,andwouldlaughbythehourtogetheratherassumptionsofdignityandimitationsofgenteellife.Hesworeitwasasgoodasaplaytoseeherinthecharacterofafinedame,andhemadeherputononeofthefirstLadyCrawley’scourt-dresses,swearing(entirelytoMissHorrocks’ownconcurrence)thatthedressbecameherprodigiously,andthreateningtodriveheroffthatveryinstanttoCourtinacoach-and-four.Shehadtheransackingofthewardrobesofthetwodefunctladies,andcutandhackedtheirposthumousfinerysoastosuitherowntastesandfigure.Andshewouldhavelikedtotakepossessionoftheirjewelsandtrinketstoo;buttheoldBaronethadlockedthemawayinhisprivatecabinet;norcouldshecoaxorwheedlehimoutofthekeys.Anditisafact,thatsometimeaftersheleftQueen’sCrawleyacopy-bookbelongingtothisladywasdiscovered,whichshowedthatshehadtakengreatpainsinprivatetolearntheartofwritingingeneral,andespeciallyofwritingherownnameasLadyCrawley,LadyBetsyHorrocks,LadyElizabethCrawley,&c.

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