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           Rawdonpassedherexamination,andasitwere,tookherdegreeinreputation,itsurelymustbeflatdisloyaltytodoubtanymoreabouthervirtue.I,formypart,lookbackwithloveandawetothatGreatCharacterinhistory.Ah,whatahighandnobleappreciationofGentlewomanhoodtheremusthavebeeninVanityFair,whenthatreveredandaugustbeingwasinvested,bytheuniversalacclaimoftherefinedandeducatedportionofthisempire,withthetitleofPremierGentilhommeofhisKingdom.Doyouremember,dearMohfriendofmyyouth,howoneblissfulnightfive-and-twentyyearssince,the"Hypocrite"beingacted,Ellistonbeingmanager,DowtonandListonperformers,twoboyshadleavefromtheirloyalmasterstogooutfromSlaughter-HouseSchoolwheretheywereeducatedandtoappearonDruryLanestage,amongstacrowdwhichassembledtheretogreettheking.THEKING?Therehewas.Beefeaterswerebeforetheaugustbox;theMarquisofSteyne(LordofthePowderCloset)andothergreatofficersofstatewerebehindthechaironwhichhesat,HEsatfloridofface,portlyofperson,coveredwithorders,andinarichcurlingheadofhairhowwesangGodsavehim!Howthehouserockedandshoutedwiththatmagnificentmusic.Howtheycheered,andcried,andwavedhandkerchiefs.Ladieswept;mothersclaspedtheirchildren;somefaintedwithemotion.Peopleweresuffocatedinthepit,shrieksandgroansrisingupamidstthewrithingandshoutingmassthereofhispeoplewhowere,andindeedshowedthemselvesalmosttobe,readytodieforhim.

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