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           YoungLordVarinaswassmokinganimmenseMeerschaumpipe,whileCaptainHugueswasemployedwithacigar:thatviolentlittledevilTandyman,withhislittlebull-terrierbetweenhislegs,wastossingforshillingswithallhismight(thatfellowwasalwaysatsomegameorother)againstCaptainDeuceace;andMacandRawdonwalkedofftotheClub,neither,ofcourse,havinggivenanyhintofthebusinesswhichwasoccupyingtheirminds.Both,ontheotherhand,hadjoinedprettygailyintheconversation,forwhyshouldtheyinterruptit?Feasting,drinking,ribaldry,laughter,goonalongsideofallsortsofotheroccupationsinVanityFairthecrowdswerepouringoutofchurchasRawdonandhisfriendpasseddownSt.James’sStreetandenteredintotheirClub.

           Theoldbucksandhabitues,whoordinarilystandgapingandgrinningoutofthegreatfrontwindowoftheClub,hadnotarrivedattheirpostsasyetthenewspaper-roomwasalmostempty.OnemanwaspresentwhomRawdondidnotknow;anothertowhomheowedalittlescoreforwhist,andwhom,inconsequence,hedidnotcaretomeet;athirdwasreadingtheRoyalist(aperiodicalfamousforitsscandalanditsattachmenttoChurchandKing)Sundaypaperatthetable,andlookingupatCrawleywithsomeinterest,said,"Crawley,Icongratulateyou."

           "Whatdoyoumean?"saidtheColonel.

           "It’sintheObserverandtheRoyalisttoo,"saidMr.Smith.

           "What?"Rawdoncried,turningveryred.

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