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"
If
he
had
but
a
little
more
brains
,
"
she
thought
to
herself
,
"
I
might
make
something
of
him
"
;
but
she
never
let
him
perceive
the
opinion
she
had
of
him
;
listened
with
indefatigable
complacency
to
his
stories
of
the
stable
and
the
mess
;
laughed
at
all
his
jokes
;
felt
the
greatest
interest
in
Jack
Spatterdash
,
whose
cab-horse
had
come
down
,
and
Bob
Martingale
,
who
had
been
taken
up
in
a
gambling-house
,
and
Tom
Cinqbars
,
who
was
going
to
ride
the
steeplechase
.
When
he
came
home
she
was
alert
and
happy
:
when
he
went
out
she
pressed
him
to
go
:
when
he
stayed
at
home
,
she
played
and
sang
for
him
,
made
him
good
drinks
,
superintended
his
dinner
,
warmed
his
slippers
,
and
steeped
his
soul
in
comfort
.
The
best
of
women
(
I
have
heard
my
grandmother
say
)
are
hypocrites
.
We
do
n't
know
how
much
they
hide
from
us
:
how
watchful
they
are
when
they
seem
most
artless
and
confidential
:
how
often
those
frank
smiles
which
they
wear
so
easily
,
are
traps
to
cajole
or
elude
or
disarm
--
I
do
n't
mean
in
your
mere
coquettes
,
but
your
domestic
models
,
and
paragons
of
female
virtue
.
Who
has
not
seen
a
woman
hide
the
dulness
of
a
stupid
husband
,
or
coax
the
fury
of
a
savage
one
?
We
accept
this
amiable
slavishness
,
and
praise
a
woman
for
it
:
we
call
this
pretty
treachery
truth
.
A
good
housewife
is
of
necessity
a
humbug
;
and
Cornelia
's
husband
was
hoodwinked
,
as
Potiphar
was
--
only
in
a
different
way
.
By
these
attentions
,
that
veteran
rake
,
Rawdon
Crawley
,
found
himself
converted
into
a
very
happy
and
submissive
married
man
.
His
former
haunts
knew
him
not
.
They
asked
about
him
once
or
twice
at
his
clubs
,
but
did
not
miss
him
much
:
in
those
booths
of
Vanity
Fair
people
seldom
do
miss
each
other
.
His
secluded
wife
ever
smiling
and
cheerful
,
his
little
comfortable
lodgings
,
snug
meals
,
and
homely
evenings
,
had
all
the
charms
of
novelty
and
secrecy
.
The
marriage
was
not
yet
declared
to
the
world
,
or
published
in
the
Morning
Post
.
All
his
creditors
would
have
come
rushing
on
him
in
a
body
,
had
they
known
that
he
was
united
to
a
woman
without
fortune
.
"
My
relations
wo
n't
cry
fie
upon
me
,
"
Becky
said
,
with
rather
a
bitter
laugh
;
and
she
was
quite
contented
to
wait
until
the
old
aunt
should
be
reconciled
,
before
she
claimed
her
place
in
society
.
So
she
lived
at
Brompton
,
and
meanwhile
saw
no
one
,
or
only
those
few
of
her
husband
's
male
companions
who
were
admitted
into
her
little
dining-room
.
These
were
all
charmed
with
her
.
The
little
dinners
,
the
laughing
and
chatting
,
the
music
afterwards
,
delighted
all
who
participated
in
these
enjoyments
.
Major
Martingale
never
thought
about
asking
to
see
the
marriage
licence
,
Captain
Cinqbars
was
perfectly
enchanted
with
her
skill
in
making
punch
.
And
young
Lieutenant
Spatterdash
(
who
was
fond
of
piquet
,
and
whom
Crawley
would
often
invite
)
was
evidently
and
quickly
smitten
by
Mrs.
Crawley
;
but
her
own
circumspection
and
modesty
never
forsook
her
for
a
moment
,
and
Crawley
's
reputation
as
a
fire-eating
and
jealous
warrior
was
a
further
and
complete
defence
to
his
little
wife
.
There
are
gentlemen
of
very
good
blood
and
fashion
in
this
city
,
who
never
have
entered
a
lady
's
drawing-room
;
so
that
though
Rawdon
Crawley
's
marriage
might
be
talked
about
in
his
county
,
where
,
of
course
,
Mrs.
Bute
had
spread
the
news
,
in
London
it
was
doubted
,
or
not
heeded
,
or
not
talked
about
at
all
.
He
lived
comfortably
on
credit
.
He
had
a
large
capital
of
debts
,
which
laid
out
judiciously
,
will
carry
a
man
along
for
many
years
,
and
on
which
certain
men
about
town
contrive
to
live
a
hundred
times
better
than
even
men
with
ready
money
can
do
.
Indeed
who
is
there
that
walks
London
streets
,
but
can
point
out
a
half-dozen
of
men
riding
by
him
splendidly
,
while
he
is
on
foot
,
courted
by
fashion
,
bowed
into
their
carriages
by
tradesmen
,
denying
themselves
nothing
,
and
living
on
who
knows
what
?
We
see
Jack
Thriftless
prancing
in
the
park
,
or
darting
in
his
brougham
down
Pall
Mall
:
we
eat
his
dinners
served
on
his
miraculous
plate
.
"
How
did
this
begin
,
"
we
say
,
"
or
where
will
it
end
?
"
"
My
dear
fellow
,
"
I
heard
Jack
once
say
,
"
I
owe
money
in
every
capital
in
Europe
.
"
The
end
must
come
some
day
,
but
in
the
meantime
Jack
thrives
as
much
as
ever
;
people
are
glad
enough
to
shake
him
by
the
hand
,
ignore
the
little
dark
stories
that
are
whispered
every
now
and
then
against
him
,
and
pronounce
him
a
good-natured
,
jovial
,
reckless
fellow
.
Truth
obliges
us
to
confess
that
Rebecca
had
married
a
gentleman
of
this
order
.
Everything
was
plentiful
in
his
house
but
ready
money
,
of
which
their
menage
pretty
early
felt
the
want
;
and
reading
the
Gazette
one
day
,
and
coming
upon
the
announcement
of
"
Lieutenant
G.
Osborne
to
be
Captain
by
purchase
,
vice
Smith
,
who
exchanges
,
"
Rawdon
uttered
that
sentiment
regarding
Amelia
's
lover
,
which
ended
in
the
visit
to
Russell
Square
.
When
Rawdon
and
his
wife
wished
to
communicate
with
Captain
Dobbin
at
the
sale
,
and
to
know
particulars
of
the
catastrophe
which
had
befallen
Rebecca
's
old
acquaintances
,
the
Captain
had
vanished
;
and
such
information
as
they
got
was
from
a
stray
porter
or
broker
at
the
auction
"
Look
at
them
with
their
hooked
beaks
,
"
Becky
said
,
getting
into
the
buggy
,
her
picture
under
her
arm
,
in
great
glee
.
"
They
're
like
vultures
after
a
battle
.
"
"
Do
n't
know
.
Never
was
in
action
,
my
dear
.
Ask
Martingale
;
he
was
in
Spain
,
aide-de-camp
to
General
Blazes
.
"
