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At
his
COMMAND
I
open
my
lips
,
and
follow
him
to
our
humble
home
,
as
I
would
THROUGH
THE
WORLD
.
O
,
my
excellent
and
kind
friend
,
intercede
with
my
Rawdon
's
beloved
aunt
for
him
and
the
poor
girl
to
whom
all
HIS
NOBLE
RACE
have
shown
such
UNPARALLELED
AFFECTION
.
Ask
Miss
Crawley
to
receive
HER
CHILDREN
.
I
can
say
no
more
,
but
blessings
,
blessings
on
all
in
the
dear
house
I
leave
,
prays
Your
affectionate
and
GRATEFUL
Rebecca
Crawley
.
Midnight
.
Just
as
Briggs
had
finished
reading
this
affecting
and
interesting
document
,
which
reinstated
her
in
her
position
as
first
confidante
of
Miss
Crawley
,
Mrs.
Firkin
entered
the
room
.
"
Here
's
Mrs.
Bute
Crawley
just
arrived
by
the
mail
from
Hampshire
,
and
wants
some
tea
;
will
you
come
down
and
make
breakfast
,
Miss
?
"
And
to
the
surprise
of
Firkin
,
clasping
her
dressing-gown
around
her
,
the
wisp
of
hair
floating
dishevelled
behind
her
,
the
little
curl-papers
still
sticking
in
bunches
round
her
forehead
,
Briggs
sailed
down
to
Mrs.
Bute
with
the
letter
in
her
hand
containing
the
wonderful
news
.
"
Oh
,
Mrs.
Firkin
,
"
gasped
Betty
,
"
sech
a
business
.
Miss
Sharp
have
a
gone
and
run
away
with
the
Capting
,
and
they
're
off
to
Gretney
Green
!
"
We
would
devote
a
chapter
to
describe
the
emotions
of
Mrs.
Firkin
,
did
not
the
passions
of
her
mistresses
occupy
our
genteeler
muse
.
When
Mrs.
Bute
Crawley
,
numbed
with
midnight
travelling
,
and
warming
herself
at
the
newly
crackling
parlour
fire
,
heard
from
Miss
Briggs
the
intelligence
of
the
clandestine
marriage
,
she
declared
it
was
quite
providential
that
she
should
have
arrived
at
such
a
time
to
assist
poor
dear
Miss
Crawley
in
supporting
the
shock
--
that
Rebecca
was
an
artful
little
hussy
of
whom
she
had
always
had
her
suspicions
;
and
that
as
for
Rawdon
Crawley
,
she
never
could
account
for
his
aunt
's
infatuation
regarding
him
,
and
had
long
considered
him
a
profligate
,
lost
,
and
abandoned
being
.
And
this
awful
conduct
,
Mrs.
Bute
said
,
will
have
at
least
this
good
effect
,
it
will
open
poor
dear
Miss
Crawley
's
eyes
to
the
real
character
of
this
wicked
man
.
Then
Mrs.
Bute
had
a
comfortable
hot
toast
and
tea
;
and
as
there
was
a
vacant
room
in
the
house
now
,
there
was
no
need
for
her
to
remain
at
the
Gloster
Coffee
House
where
the
Portsmouth
mail
had
set
her
down
,
and
whence
she
ordered
Mr.
Bowls
's
aide-de-camp
the
footman
to
bring
away
her
trunks
.
Miss
Crawley
,
be
it
known
,
did
not
leave
her
room
until
near
noon
--
taking
chocolate
in
bed
in
the
morning
,
while
Becky
Sharp
read
the
Morning
Post
to
her
,
or
otherwise
amusing
herself
or
dawdling
.
The
conspirators
below
agreed
that
they
would
spare
the
dear
lady
's
feelings
until
she
appeared
in
her
drawing-room
:
meanwhile
it
was
announced
to
her
that
Mrs.
Bute
Crawley
had
come
up
from
Hampshire
by
the
mail
,
was
staying
at
the
Gloster
,
sent
her
love
to
Miss
Crawley
,
and
asked
for
breakfast
with
Miss
Briggs
.
The
arrival
of
Mrs.
Bute
,
which
would
not
have
caused
any
extreme
delight
at
another
period
,
was
hailed
with
pleasure
now
;
Miss
Crawley
being
pleased
at
the
notion
of
a
gossip
with
her
sister-in-law
regarding
the
late
Lady
Crawley
,
the
funeral
arrangements
pending
,
and
Sir
Pitt
's
abrupt
proposal
to
Rebecca
.
It
was
not
until
the
old
lady
was
fairly
ensconced
in
her
usual
arm-chair
in
the
drawing-room
,
and
the
preliminary
embraces
and
inquiries
had
taken
place
between
the
ladies
,
that
the
conspirators
thought
it
advisable
to
submit
her
to
the
operation
.
Who
has
not
admired
the
artifices
and
delicate
approaches
with
which
women
"
prepare
"
their
friends
for
bad
news
?
Miss
Crawley
's
two
friends
made
such
an
apparatus
of
mystery
before
they
broke
the
intelligence
to
her
,
that
they
worked
her
up
to
the
necessary
degree
of
doubt
and
alarm
.
