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In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert

           Whatacomfortitis,myladies,Ibankwithoneofmysons’fathers-in-law,andtheotherbankswithme!"

           OftheotherillustriouspersonswhomBeckyhadthehonourtoencounteronthisherfirstpresentationtothegrandworld,itdoesnotbecomethepresenthistoriantosaymuch.TherewashisExcellencythePrinceofPeterwaradin,withhisPrincessanoblemantightlygirthed,withalargemilitarychest,onwhichtheplaqueofhisordershonemagnificently,andwearingtheredcollaroftheGoldenFleeceroundhisneck.Hewastheownerofcountlessflocks."Lookathisface.Ithinkhemustbedescendedfromasheep,"BeckywhisperedtoLordSteyne.Indeed,hisExcellency’scountenance,long,solemn,andwhite,withtheornamentroundhisneck,boresomeresemblancetothatofavenerablebell-wether.

           TherewasMr.JohnPaulJeffersonJones,titularlyattachedtotheAmericanEmbassyandcorrespondentoftheNewYorkDemagogue,who,bywayofmakinghimselfagreeabletothecompany,askedLadySteyne,duringapauseintheconversationatdinner,howhisdearfriend,GeorgeGaunt,likedtheBrazils?HeandGeorgehadbeenmostintimateatNaplesandhadgoneupVesuviustogether.Mr.Joneswroteafullandparticularaccountofthedinner,whichappeareddulyintheDemagogue.Hementionedthenamesandtitlesofalltheguests,givingbiographicalsketchesoftheprincipalpeople.

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