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In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light

           ShewasgrievedbeyondmeasuretopartwithBriggs,buthermeansrequiredthatsheshouldpractiseeveryretrenchment,andhersorrowwasmitigatedbytheideathatherdearBriggswouldbefarbetterprovidedforbyhergenerouspatronthaninherhumblehome.Mrs.Pilkington,thehousekeeperatGauntlyHall,wasgrowingexceedinglyold,feeble,andrheumatic:shewasnotequaltotheworkofsuperintendingthatvastmansion,andmustbeonthelookoutforasuccessor.Itwasasplendidposition.ThefamilydidnotgotoGauntlyonceintwoyears.Atothertimesthehousekeeperwasthemistressofthemagnificentmansion—hadfourcoversdailyforhertable;wasvisitedbytheclergyandthemostrespectablepeopleofthecounty—wastheladyofGauntly,infact;andthetwolasthousekeepersbeforeMrs.PilkingtonhadmarriedrectorsofGauntly—butMrs.P.couldnot,beingtheauntofthepresentRector.Theplacewasnottobehersyet,butshemightgodownonavisittoMrs.Pilkingtonandseewhethershewouldliketosucceedher.

           WhatwordscanpainttheecstaticgratitudeofBriggs!AllshestipulatedforwasthatlittleRawdonshouldbeallowedtocomedownandseeherattheHall.Beckypromisedthis—anything.Sheranuptoherhusbandwhenhecamehomeandtoldhimthejoyfulnews.Rawdonwasglad,deucedglad;theweightwasoffhisconscienceaboutpoorBriggs’smoney.Shewasprovidedfor,atanyrate,but—buthismindwasdisquiet.Hedidnotseemtobeallright,somehow.

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