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           Becky;theydiscordedwithher;shehatedpeopleforlikingthem;shespurnedchildrenandchildren-lovers."Ihavenotasteforbreadandbutter,"shewouldsay,whencaricaturingLadyJaneandherwaystomyLordSteyne.

           "Nomorehasacertainpersonforholywater,"hislordshiprepliedwithabowandagrinandagreatjarringlaughafterwards.

           Sothesetwoladiesdidnotseemuchofeachotherexceptuponthoseoccasionswhentheyoungerbrother’swife,havinganobjecttogainfromtheother,frequentedher.Theymy-lovedandmy-dearedeachotherassiduously,butkeptapartgenerally,whereasSirPitt,inthemidstofhismultipliedavocations,founddailytimetoseehissister-in-law.

           OntheoccasionofhisfirstSpeaker’sdinner,SirPitttooktheopportunityofappearingbeforehissister-in-lawinhisuniformthatolddiplomaticsuitwhichhehadwornwhenattachetothePumpernickellegation.

           Beckycomplimentedhimuponthatdressandadmiredhimalmostasmuchashisownwifeandchildren,towhomhedisplayedhimselfbeforehesetout.ShesaidthatitwasonlythethoroughbredgentlemanwhocouldweartheCourtsuitwithadvantage:itwasonlyyourmenofancientracewhomtheculottecourtebecame.Pittlookeddownwithcomplacencyathislegs,whichhadnot,intruth,muchmoresymmetryorswellthantheleanCourtswordwhichdangledbyhissidelookeddownathislegs,andthoughtinhisheartthathewaskilling.

           Whenhewasgone,Mrs.

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