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"
That
was
years
ago
,
"
said
Amelia
.
"
It
seems
like
yesterday
,
do
n't
it
,
John
?
"
said
Mrs.
Sedley
to
her
husband
;
and
that
night
in
a
conversation
which
took
place
in
a
front
room
in
the
second
floor
,
in
a
sort
of
tent
,
hung
round
with
chintz
of
a
rich
and
fantastic
India
pattern
,
and
double
with
calico
of
a
tender
rose-colour
;
in
the
interior
of
which
species
of
marquee
was
a
featherbed
,
on
which
were
two
pillows
,
on
which
were
two
round
red
faces
,
one
in
a
laced
nightcap
,
and
one
in
a
simple
cotton
one
,
ending
in
a
tassel
--
in
a
CURTAIN
LECTURE
,
I
say
,
Mrs.
Sedley
took
her
husband
to
task
for
his
cruel
conduct
to
poor
Joe
.
"
It
was
quite
wicked
of
you
,
Mr.
Sedley
,
"
said
she
,
"
to
torment
the
poor
boy
so
.
"
"
My
dear
,
"
said
the
cotton-tassel
in
defence
of
his
conduct
,
"
Jos
is
a
great
deal
vainer
than
you
ever
were
in
your
life
,
and
that
's
saying
a
good
deal
.
Though
,
some
thirty
years
ago
,
in
the
year
seventeen
hundred
and
eighty
--
what
was
it
?
--
perhaps
you
had
a
right
to
be
vain
--
I
do
n't
say
no
.
But
I
've
no
patience
with
Jos
and
his
dandified
modesty
.
It
is
out-Josephing
Joseph
,
my
dear
,
and
all
the
while
the
boy
is
only
thinking
of
himself
,
and
what
a
fine
fellow
he
is
.
I
doubt
,
Ma'am
,
we
shall
have
some
trouble
with
him
yet
.
Here
is
Emmy
's
little
friend
making
love
to
him
as
hard
as
she
can
;
that
's
quite
clear
;
and
if
she
does
not
catch
him
some
other
will
.
That
man
is
destined
to
be
a
prey
to
woman
,
as
I
am
to
go
on
'
Change
every
day
.
It
's
a
mercy
he
did
not
bring
us
over
a
black
daughter-in-law
,
my
dear
.
But
,
mark
my
words
,
the
first
woman
who
fishes
for
him
,
hooks
him
.
"
"
She
shall
go
off
to-morrow
,
the
little
artful
creature
,
"
said
Mrs.
Sedley
,
with
great
energy
.
"
Why
not
she
as
well
as
another
,
Mrs.
Sedley
?
The
girl
's
a
white
face
at
any
rate
.
I
do
n't
care
who
marries
him
.
Let
Joe
please
himself
.
"
And
presently
the
voices
of
the
two
speakers
were
hushed
,
or
were
replaced
by
the
gentle
but
unromantic
music
of
the
nose
;
and
save
when
the
church
bells
tolled
the
hour
and
the
watchman
called
it
,
all
was
silent
at
the
house
of
John
Sedley
,
Esquire
,
of
Russell
Square
,
and
the
Stock
Exchange
.
When
morning
came
,
the
good-natured
Mrs.
Sedley
no
longer
thought
of
executing
her
threats
with
regard
to
Miss
Sharp
;
for
though
nothing
is
more
keen
,
nor
more
common
,
nor
more
justifiable
,
than
maternal
jealousy
,
yet
she
could
not
bring
herself
to
suppose
that
the
little
,
humble
,
grateful
,
gentle
governess
would
dare
to
look
up
to
such
a
magnificent
personage
as
the
Collector
of
Boggley
Wollah
.
The
petition
,
too
,
for
an
extension
of
the
young
lady
's
leave
of
absence
had
already
been
despatched
,
and
it
would
be
difficult
to
find
a
pretext
for
abruptly
dismissing
her
.
And
as
if
all
things
conspired
in
favour
of
the
gentle
Rebecca
,
the
very
elements
(
although
she
was
not
inclined
at
first
to
acknowledge
their
action
in
her
behalf
)
interposed
to
aid
her
.
For
on
the
evening
appointed
for
the
Vauxhall
party
,
George
Osborne
having
come
to
dinner
,
and
the
elders
of
the
house
having
departed
,
according
to
invitation
,
to
dine
with
Alderman
Balls
at
Highbury
Barn
,
there
came
on
such
a
thunder-storm
as
only
happens
on
Vauxhall
nights
,
and
as
obliged
the
young
people
,
perforce
,
to
remain
at
home
.
Mr.
Osborne
did
not
seem
in
the
least
disappointed
at
this
occurrence
.
He
and
Joseph
Sedley
drank
a
fitting
quantity
of
port-wine
,
tete-a-tete
,
in
the
dining-room
,
during
the
drinking
of
which
Sedley
told
a
number
of
his
best
Indian
stories
;
for
he
was
extremely
talkative
in
man
's
society
;
and
afterwards
Miss
Amelia
Sedley
did
the
honours
of
the
drawing-room
;
and
these
four
young
persons
passed
such
a
comfortable
evening
together
,
that
they
declared
they
were
rather
glad
of
the
thunder-storm
than
otherwise
,
which
had
caused
them
to
put
off
their
visit
to
Vauxhall
.
