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           MaysheflourishasshedeservessheappearsnomoreinourquarterofVanityFair.

           Hearingabuzzandastirbelow,andindignantattheimpudenceofthoseservantswhowouldnotanswerhersummons,Mrs.Crawleyflunghermorningroberoundheranddescendedmajesticallytothedrawing-room,whencethenoiseproceeded.

           Thecookwastherewithblackenedface,seatedonthebeautifulchintzsofabythesideofMrs.Raggles,towhomshewasadministeringMaraschino.Thepagewiththesugar-loafbuttons,whocarriedaboutBecky’spinknotes,andjumpedaboutherlittlecarriagewithsuchalacrity,wasnowengagedputtinghisfingersintoacreamdish;thefootmanwastalkingtoRaggles,whohadafacefullofperplexityandwoeandyet,thoughthedoorwasopen,andBeckyhadbeenscreamingahalf-dozenoftimesafewfeetoff,notoneofherattendantshadobeyedhercall."Havealittledrop,do’eenow,Mrs.Raggles,"thecookwassayingasBeckyentered,thewhitecashmeredressing-gownflouncingaroundher.

           "Simpson!Trotter!"themistressofthehousecriedingreatwrath."Howdareyoustayherewhenyouheardmecall?Howdareyousitdowninmypresence?Where’smymaid?"Thepagewithdrewhisfingersfromhismouthwithamomentaryterror,butthecooktookoffaglassofMaraschino,ofwhichMrs.Raggleshadhadenough,staringatBeckyoverthelittlegiltglassasshedraineditscontents.Theliquorappearedtogivetheodiousrebelcourage.

           "YOURsofy,indeed!"Mrs.

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