Ярмарок марнославства

Between Hampshire and London

           

           TheReverendButeCrawley(whohasbeentoomodesttoappearatthepublicmeetbeforehisnephew’swindows),whomTomMoodyremembersfortyyearsbackaslenderdivineridingthewildesthorses,jumpingthewidestbrooks,andlarkingoverthenewestgatesinthecountryhisReverence,wesay,happenstotrotoutfromtheRectoryLaneonhispowerfulblackhorsejustasSirHuddlestonepasses;hejoinstheworthyBaronet.Houndsandhorsemendisappear,andlittleRawdonremainsonthedoorsteps,wonderingandhappy.

           Duringtheprogressofthismemorableholiday,littleRawdon,ifhehadgotnospeciallikingforhisuncle,alwaysawfulandcoldandlockedupinhisstudy,plungedinjustice-businessandsurroundedbybailiffsandfarmershasgainedthegoodgracesofhismarriedandmaidenaunts,ofthetwolittlefolksoftheHall,andofJimoftheRectory,whomSirPittisencouragingtopayhisaddressestooneoftheyoungladies,withanunderstandingdoubtlessthatheshallbepresentedtothelivingwhenitshallbevacatedbyhisfox-huntingoldsire.Jimhasgivenupthatsporthimselfandconfineshimselftoalittleharmlessduckorsnipe-shooting,oralittlequiettriflingwiththeratsduringtheChristmasholidays,afterwhichhewillreturntotheUniversityandtryandnotbeplucked,oncemore.Hehasalreadyeschewedgreencoats,redneckcloths,andotherworldlyornaments,andispreparinghimselfforachangeinhiscondition.

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