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作者:左思右想      更新:2021-02-19 19:49      字数:1675
  upon the present Sir Rawdon Crawley; Bart。
  He; too; has declined to see his mother; to whom he
  makes a liberal allowance; and who; besides; appears to
  be very wealthy。  The Baronet lives entirely at Queen's
  Crawley; with Lady Jane and her daughter; whilst Rebecca;
  Lady Crawley; chiefly hangs about Bath and Cheltenham;
  where a very strong party of excellent people
  consider her to be a most injured woman。  She has her
  enemies。  Who has not? Her life is her answer to them。
  She busies herself in works of piety。  She goes to church;
  and never without a footman。  Her name is in all the
  Charity Lists。  The destitute orange…girl; the neglected
  washerwoman; the distressed muffin…man find in her a
  fast and generous friend。  She is always having stalls at
  Fancy Fairs for the benefit of these hapless beings。  Emmy;
  her children; and the Colonel; coming to London some
  time back; found themselves suddenly before her at one
  of these fairs。  She cast down her eyes demurely and
  smiled as they started away from her; Emmy scurrying
  off on the arm of George (now grown a dashing young
  gentleman) and the Colonel seizing up his little Janey;
  of whom he is fonder than of anything in the world
  fonder even than of his History of the Punjaub。
  〃Fonder than he is of me;〃 Emmy thinks with a sigh
  But he never said a word to Amelia that was not kind and
  gentle; or thought of a want of hers that he did not try to
  gratify。
  Ah!  Vanitas Vanitatum!  which of us is happy in this
  world? Which of us has his desire? or; having it; is satisfied?
  come; children; let us shut up the box and the puppets;
  for our play is played out。
  End
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