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And
one
day
when
Mrs.
Rawdon
had
gone
out
to
drive
(
as
Mr.
Fiche
,
his
lordship
's
confidential
servant
,
easily
learned
at
the
livery
stables
where
the
Crawleys
kept
their
carriage
and
horses
,
or
rather
,
where
the
livery-man
kept
a
carriage
and
horses
for
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Crawley
)
--
my
lord
dropped
in
upon
the
Curzon
Street
house
--
asked
Briggs
for
a
cup
of
coffee
--
told
her
that
he
had
good
accounts
of
the
little
boy
at
school
--
and
in
five
minutes
found
out
from
her
that
Mrs.
Rawdon
had
given
her
nothing
except
a
black
silk
gown
,
for
which
Miss
Briggs
was
immensely
grateful
.
He
laughed
within
himself
at
this
artless
story
.
For
the
truth
is
,
our
dear
friend
Rebecca
had
given
him
a
most
circumstantial
narration
of
Briggs
's
delight
at
receiving
her
money
--
eleven
hundred
and
twenty-five
pounds
--
and
in
what
securities
she
had
invested
it
;
and
what
a
pang
Becky
herself
felt
in
being
obliged
to
pay
away
such
a
delightful
sum
of
money
.
"
Who
knows
,
"
the
dear
woman
may
have
thought
within
herself
,
"
perhaps
he
may
give
me
a
little
more
?
"
My
lord
,
however
,
made
no
such
proposal
to
the
little
schemer
--
very
likely
thinking
that
he
had
been
sufficiently
generous
already
.
He
had
the
curiosity
,
then
,
to
ask
Miss
Briggs
about
the
state
of
her
private
affairs
--
and
she
told
his
lordship
candidly
what
her
position
was
--
how
Miss
Crawley
had
left
her
a
legacy
--
how
her
relatives
had
had
part
of
it
--
how
Colonel
Crawley
had
put
out
another
portion
,
for
which
she
had
the
best
security
and
interest
--
and
how
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Rawdon
had
kindly
busied
themselves
with
Sir
Pitt
,
who
was
to
dispose
of
the
remainder
most
advantageously
for
her
,
when
he
had
time
.
My
lord
asked
how
much
the
Colonel
had
already
invested
for
her
,
and
Miss
Briggs
at
once
and
truly
told
him
that
the
sum
was
six
hundred
and
odd
pounds
.
But
as
soon
as
she
had
told
her
story
,
the
voluble
Briggs
repented
of
her
frankness
and
besought
my
lord
not
to
tell
Mr.
Crawley
of
the
confessions
which
she
had
made
.
"
The
Colonel
was
so
kind
--
Mr.
Crawley
might
be
offended
and
pay
back
the
money
,
for
which
she
could
get
no
such
good
interest
anywhere
else
.
"
Lord
Steyne
,
laughing
,
promised
he
never
would
divulge
their
conversation
,
and
when
he
and
Miss
Briggs
parted
he
laughed
still
more
.
"
What
an
accomplished
little
devil
it
is
!
"
thought
he
.
"
What
a
splendid
actress
and
manager
!
She
had
almost
got
a
second
supply
out
of
me
the
other
day
;
with
her
coaxing
ways
.
She
beats
all
the
women
I
have
ever
seen
in
the
course
of
all
my
well-spent
life
.
They
are
babies
compared
to
her
.
I
am
a
greenhorn
myself
,
and
a
fool
in
her
hands
--
an
old
fool
.
She
is
unsurpassable
in
lies
.
"
His
lordship
's
admiration
for
Becky
rose
immeasurably
at
this
proof
of
her
cleverness
.
Getting
the
money
was
nothing
--
but
getting
double
the
sum
she
wanted
,
and
paying
nobody
--
it
was
a
magnificent
stroke
.
And
Crawley
,
my
lord
thought
--
Crawley
is
not
such
a
fool
as
he
looks
and
seems
.
He
has
managed
the
matter
cleverly
enough
on
his
side
.
Nobody
would
ever
have
supposed
from
his
face
and
demeanour
that
he
knew
anything
about
this
money
business
;
and
yet
he
put
her
up
to
it
,
and
has
spent
the
money
,
no
doubt
.
In
this
opinion
my
lord
,
we
know
,
was
mistaken
,
but
it
influenced
a
good
deal
his
behaviour
towards
Colonel
Crawley
,
whom
he
began
to
treat
with
even
less
than
that
semblance
of
respect
which
he
had
formerly
shown
towards
that
gentleman
.
It
never
entered
into
the
head
of
Mrs.
Crawley
's
patron
that
the
little
lady
might
be
making
a
purse
for
herself
;
and
,
perhaps
,
if
the
truth
must
be
told
,
he
judged
of
Colonel
Crawley
by
his
experience
of
other
husbands
,
whom
he
had
known
in
the
course
of
the
long
and
well-spent
life
which
had
made
him
acquainted
with
a
great
deal
of
the
weakness
of
mankind
.
My
lord
had
bought
so
many
men
during
his
life
that
he
was
surely
to
be
pardoned
for
supposing
that
he
had
found
the
price
of
this
one
.
He
taxed
Becky
upon
the
point
on
the
very
first
occasion
when
he
met
her
alone
,
and
he
complimented
her
,
good-humouredly
,
on
her
cleverness
in
getting
more
than
the
money
which
she
required
.
Becky
was
only
a
little
taken
aback
.
It
was
not
the
habit
of
this
dear
creature
to
tell
falsehoods
,
except
when
necessity
compelled
,
but
in
these
great
emergencies
it
was
her
practice
to
lie
very
freely
;
and
in
an
instant
she
was
ready
with
another
neat
plausible
circumstantial
story
which
she
administered
to
her
patron
.
The
previous
statement
which
she
had
made
to
him
was
a
falsehood
--
a
wicked
falsehood
--
she
owned
it
.
But
who
had
made
her
tell
it
?
"
Ah
,
my
Lord
,
"
she
said
,
"
you
do
n't
know
all
I
have
to
suffer
and
bear
in
silence
;
you
see
me
gay
and
happy
before
you
--
you
little
know
what
I
have
to
endure
when
there
is
no
protector
near
me
.
It
was
my
husband
,
by
threats
and
the
most
savage
treatment
,
forced
me
to
ask
for
that
sum
about
which
I
deceived
you
.
It
was
he
who
,
foreseeing
that
questions
might
be
asked
regarding
the
disposal
of
the
money
,
forced
me
to
account
for
it
as
I
did
.
He
took
the
money
.
He
told
me
he
had
paid
Miss
Briggs
;
I
did
not
want
,
I
did
not
dare
to
doubt
him
.
Pardon
the
wrong
which
a
desperate
man
is
forced
to
commit
,
and
pity
a
miserable
,
miserable
woman
.
"
She
burst
into
tears
as
she
spoke
.
Persecuted
virtue
never
looked
more
bewitchingly
wretched
.
They
had
a
long
conversation
,
driving
round
and
round
the
Regent
's
Park
in
Mrs.
Crawley
's
carriage
together
,
a
conversation
of
which
it
is
not
necessary
to
repeat
the
details
,
but
the
upshot
of
it
was
that
,
when
Becky
came
home
,
she
flew
to
her
dear
Briggs
with
a
smiling
face
and
announced
that
she
had
some
very
good
news
for
her
.
Lord
Steyne
had
acted
in
the
noblest
and
most
generous
manner
.
He
was
always
thinking
how
and
when
he
could
do
good
.
Now
that
little
Rawdon
was
gone
to
school
,
a
dear
companion
and
friend
was
no
longer
necessary
to
her
.
