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

           Paul’sChurchyardstoppedthereandboughtthehandsomestblacksilkgownforBriggswhichmoneycouldbuy;andwhich,withakissandthekindestspeeches,shepresentedtothesimpleoldspinster.

           ThenshewalkedtoMr.Raggles,inquiredabouthischildrenaffectionately,andgavehimfiftypoundsonaccount.Thenshewenttothelivery-manfromwhomshejobbedhercarriagesandgratifiedhimwithasimilarsum."AndIhopethiswillbealessontoyou,Spavin,"shesaid,"andthatonthenextdrawing-roomdaymybrother,SirPitt,willnotbeinconveniencedbybeingobligedtotakefourofusinhiscarriagetowaituponHisMajesty,becausemyowncarriageisnotforthcoming."Itappearstherehadbeenadifferenceonthelastdrawing-roomday.HencethedegradationwhichtheColonelhadalmostsuffered,ofbeingobligedtoenterthepresenceofhisSovereigninahackcab.

           Thesearrangementsconcluded,Beckypaidavisitupstairstothebefore-mentioneddesk,whichAmeliaSedleyhadgivenheryearsandyearsago,andwhichcontainedanumberofusefulandvaluablelittlethingsinwhichprivatemuseumsheplacedtheonenotewhichMessrs.JonesandRobinson’scashierhadgivenher.

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