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To
the
rector
's
lady
,
who
went
off
to
tend
her
husband
's
broken
collar-bone
at
the
Rectory
at
Queen
's
Crawley
,
the
spinster
's
communications
were
by
no
means
so
gracious
.
Mrs.
Bute
,
that
brisk
,
managing
,
lively
,
imperious
woman
,
had
committed
the
most
fatal
of
all
errors
with
regard
to
her
sister-in-law
.
She
had
not
merely
oppressed
her
and
her
household
--
she
had
bored
Miss
Crawley
;
and
if
poor
Miss
Briggs
had
been
a
woman
of
any
spirit
,
she
might
have
been
made
happy
by
the
commission
which
her
principal
gave
her
to
write
a
letter
to
Mrs.
Bute
Crawley
,
saying
that
Miss
Crawley
's
health
was
greatly
improved
since
Mrs.
Bute
had
left
her
,
and
begging
the
latter
on
no
account
to
put
herself
to
trouble
,
or
quit
her
family
for
Miss
Crawley
's
sake
.
This
triumph
over
a
lady
who
had
been
very
haughty
and
cruel
in
her
behaviour
to
Miss
Briggs
,
would
have
rejoiced
most
women
;
but
the
truth
is
,
Briggs
was
a
woman
of
no
spirit
at
all
,
and
the
moment
her
enemy
was
discomfited
,
she
began
to
feel
compassion
in
her
favour
.
"
How
silly
I
was
,
"
Mrs.
Bute
thought
,
and
with
reason
,
"
ever
to
hint
that
I
was
coming
,
as
I
did
,
in
that
foolish
letter
when
we
sent
Miss
Crawley
the
guinea-fowls
.
I
ought
to
have
gone
without
a
word
to
the
poor
dear
doting
old
creature
,
and
taken
her
out
of
the
hands
of
that
ninny
Briggs
,
and
that
harpy
of
a
femme
de
chambre
.
Oh
!
Bute
,
Bute
,
why
did
you
break
your
collar-bone
?
"
Why
,
indeed
?
We
have
seen
how
Mrs.
Bute
,
having
the
game
in
her
hands
,
had
really
played
her
cards
too
well
.
She
had
ruled
over
Miss
Crawley
's
household
utterly
and
completely
,
to
be
utterly
and
completely
routed
when
a
favourable
opportunity
for
rebellion
came
.
She
and
her
household
,
however
,
considered
that
she
had
been
the
victim
of
horrible
selfishness
and
treason
,
and
that
her
sacrifices
in
Miss
Crawley
's
behalf
had
met
with
the
most
savage
ingratitude
.
Rawdon
's
promotion
,
and
the
honourable
mention
made
of
his
name
in
the
Gazette
,
filled
this
good
Christian
lady
also
with
alarm
.
Would
his
aunt
relent
towards
him
now
that
he
was
a
Lieutenant-Colonel
and
a
C.B.
?
and
would
that
odious
Rebecca
once
more
get
into
favour
?
The
Rector
's
wife
wrote
a
sermon
for
her
husband
about
the
vanity
of
military
glory
and
the
prosperity
of
the
wicked
,
which
the
worthy
parson
read
in
his
best
voice
and
without
understanding
one
syllable
of
it
.
He
had
Pitt
Crawley
for
one
of
his
auditors
--
Pitt
,
who
had
come
with
his
two
half-sisters
to
church
,
which
the
old
Baronet
could
now
by
no
means
be
brought
to
frequent
.
Since
the
departure
of
Becky
Sharp
,
that
old
wretch
had
given
himself
up
entirely
to
his
bad
courses
,
to
the
great
scandal
of
the
county
and
the
mute
horror
of
his
son
.
The
ribbons
in
Miss
Horrocks
's
cap
became
more
splendid
than
ever
.
The
polite
families
fled
the
hall
and
its
owner
in
terror
.
Sir
Pitt
went
about
tippling
at
his
tenants
'
houses
;
and
drank
rum-and-water
with
the
farmers
at
Mudbury
and
the
neighbouring
places
on
market-days
.
He
drove
the
family
coach-and-four
to
Southampton
with
Miss
Horrocks
inside
:
and
the
county
people
expected
,
every
week
,
as
his
son
did
in
speechless
agony
,
that
his
marriage
with
her
would
be
announced
in
the
provincial
paper
.
It
was
indeed
a
rude
burthen
for
Mr.
Crawley
to
bear
.
His
eloquence
was
palsied
at
the
missionary
meetings
,
and
other
religious
assemblies
in
the
neighbourhood
,
where
he
had
been
in
the
habit
of
presiding
,
and
of
speaking
for
hours
;
for
he
felt
,
when
he
rose
,
that
the
audience
said
,
"
That
is
the
son
of
the
old
reprobate
Sir
Pitt
,
who
is
very
likely
drinking
at
the
public
house
at
this
very
moment
.
"
And
once
when
he
was
speaking
of
the
benighted
condition
of
the
king
of
Timbuctoo
,
and
the
number
of
his
wives
who
were
likewise
in
darkness
,
some
gipsy
miscreant
from
the
crowd
asked
,
"
How
many
is
there
at
Queen
's
Crawley
,
Young
Squaretoes
?
"
to
the
surprise
of
the
platform
,
and
the
ruin
of
Mr.
Pitt
's
speech
.
And
the
two
daughters
of
the
house
of
Queen
's
Crawley
would
have
been
allowed
to
run
utterly
wild
(
for
Sir
Pitt
swore
that
no
governess
should
ever
enter
into
his
doors
again
)
,
had
not
Mr.
Crawley
,
by
threatening
the
old
gentleman
,
forced
the
latter
to
send
them
to
school
.
Meanwhile
,
as
we
have
said
,
whatever
individual
differences
there
might
be
between
them
all
,
Miss
Crawley
's
dear
nephews
and
nieces
were
unanimous
in
loving
her
and
sending
her
tokens
of
affection
.
Thus
Mrs.
Bute
sent
guinea-fowls
,
and
some
remarkably
fine
cauliflowers
,
and
a
pretty
purse
or
pincushion
worked
by
her
darling
girls
,
who
begged
to
keep
a
LITTLE
place
in
the
recollection
of
their
dear
aunt
,
while
Mr.
Pitt
sent
peaches
and
grapes
and
venison
from
the
Hall
.
The
Southampton
coach
used
to
carry
these
tokens
of
affection
to
Miss
Crawley
at
Brighton
:
it
used
sometimes
to
convey
Mr.
Pitt
thither
too
:
for
his
differences
with
Sir
Pitt
caused
Mr.
Crawley
to
absent
himself
a
good
deal
from
home
now
:
and
besides
,
he
had
an
attraction
at
Brighton
in
the
person
of
the
Lady
Jane
Sheepshanks
,
whose
engagement
to
Mr.
Crawley
has
been
formerly
mentioned
in
this
history
.
Her
Ladyship
and
her
sisters
lived
at
Brighton
with
their
mamma
,
the
Countess
Southdown
,
that
strong-minded
woman
so
favourably
known
in
the
serious
world
.
A
few
words
ought
to
be
said
regarding
her
Ladyship
and
her
noble
family
,
who
are
bound
by
ties
of
present
and
future
relationship
to
the
house
of
Crawley
.
Respecting
the
chief
of
the
Southdown
family
,
Clement
William
,
fourth
Earl
of
Southdown
,
little
need
be
told
,
except
that
his
Lordship
came
into
Parliament
(
as
Lord
Wolsey
)
under
the
auspices
of
Mr.
Wilberforce
,
and
for
a
time
was
a
credit
to
his
political
sponsor
,
and
decidedly
a
serious
young
man
.
But
words
can
not
describe
the
feelings
of
his
admirable
mother
,
when
she
learned
,
very
shortly
after
her
noble
husband
's
demise
,
that
her
son
was
a
member
of
several
worldly
clubs
,
had
lost
largely
at
play
at
Wattier
's
and
the
Cocoa
Tree
;
that
he
had
raised
money
on
post-obits
,
and
encumbered
the
family
estate
;
that
he
drove
four-in-hand
,
and
patronised
the
ring
;
and
that
he
actually
had
an
opera-box
,
where
he
entertained
the
most
dangerous
bachelor
company
.
His
name
was
only
mentioned
with
groans
in
the
dowager
's
circle
.
