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In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light

           

           RawdonCrawley,thoughtheonlybookwhichhestudiedwastheRacingCalendar,andthoughhischiefrecollectionsofpolitelearningwereconnectedwiththefloggingswhichhereceivedatEtoninhisearlyyouth,hadthatdecentandhonestreverenceforclassicallearningwhichallEnglishgentlemenfeel,andwasgladtothinkthathissonwastohaveaprovisionforlife,perhaps,andacertainopportunityofbecomingascholar.Andalthoughhisboywashischiefsolaceandcompanion,andendearedtohimbyathousandsmallties,aboutwhichhedidnotcaretospeaktohiswife,whohadallalongshowntheutmostindifferencetotheirson,yetRawdonagreedatoncetopartwithhimandtogiveuphisowngreatestcomfortandbenefitforthesakeofthewelfareofthelittlelad.Hedidnotknowhowfondhewasofthechilduntilitbecamenecessarytolethimgoaway.Whenhewasgone,hefeltmoresadanddowncastthanhecaredtoownfarsadderthantheboyhimself,whowashappyenoughtoenteranewcareerandfindcompanionsofhisownage.BeckyburstoutlaughingonceortwicewhentheColonel,inhisclumsy,incoherentway,triedtoexpresshissentimentalsorrowsattheboy’sdeparture.Thepoorfellowfeltthathisdearestpleasureandclosestfriendwastakenfromhim.Helookedoftenandwistfullyatthelittlevacantbedinhisdressing-room,wherethechildusedtosleep.Hemissedhimsadlyofmorningsandtriedinvaintowalkintheparkwithouthim.HedidnotknowhowsolitaryhewasuntillittleRawdonwasgone.

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