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In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company

           Yes,wesawhim.FatecannotdepriveusofTHAT.OthershaveseenNapoleon.SomefewstillexistwhohavebeheldFredericktheGreat,DoctorJohnson,MarieAntoinette,&c.beitourreasonableboasttoourchildren,thatwesawGeorgetheGood,theMagnificent,theGreat.

           Well,therecameahappydayinMrs.RawdonCrawley’sexistencewhenthisangelwasadmittedintotheparadiseofaCourtwhichshecoveted,hersister-in-lawactingashergodmother.Ontheappointedday,SirPittandhislady,intheirgreatfamilycarriage(justnewlybuilt,andreadyfortheBaronet’sassumptionoftheofficeofHighSheriffofhiscounty),droveuptothelittlehouseinCurzonStreet,totheedificationofRaggles,whowaswatchingfromhisgreengrocer’sshop,andsawfineplumeswithin,andenormousbunchesofflowersinthebreastsofthenewlivery-coatsofthefootmen.

           SirPitt,inaglitteringuniform,descendedandwentintoCurzonStreet,hisswordbetweenhislegs.LittleRawdonstoodwithhisfaceagainsttheparlourwindow-panes,smilingandnoddingwithallhismighttohisauntinthecarriagewithin;andpresentlySirPittissuedforthfromthehouseagain,leadingforthaladywithgrandfeathers,coveredinawhiteshawl,andholdingupdaintilyatrainofmagnificentbrocade.ShesteppedintothevehicleasifshewereaprincessandaccustomedallherlifetogotoCourt,smilinggraciouslyonthefootmanatthedoorandonSirPitt,whofollowedherintothecarriage.

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