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"
And
if
I
might
suggest
,
my
sweet
lady
,
"
Pitt
said
in
a
bland
tone
,
"
it
would
be
as
well
not
to
take
our
precious
Emily
,
who
is
too
enthusiastic
;
but
rather
that
you
should
be
accompanied
by
our
sweet
and
dear
Lady
Jane
"
"
Most
certainly
,
Emily
would
ruin
everything
,
"
Lady
Southdown
said
;
and
this
time
agreed
to
forego
her
usual
practice
,
which
was
,
as
we
have
said
,
before
she
bore
down
personally
upon
any
individual
whom
she
proposed
to
subjugate
,
to
fire
in
a
quantity
of
tracts
upon
the
menaced
party
(
as
a
charge
of
the
French
was
always
preceded
by
a
furious
cannonade
)
.
Lady
Southdown
,
we
say
,
for
the
sake
of
the
invalid
's
health
,
or
for
the
sake
of
her
soul
's
ultimate
welfare
,
or
for
the
sake
of
her
money
,
agreed
to
temporise
.
The
next
day
,
the
great
Southdown
female
family
carriage
,
with
the
Earl
's
coronet
and
the
lozenge
(
upon
which
the
three
lambs
trottant
argent
upon
the
field
vert
of
the
Southdowns
,
were
quartered
with
sable
on
a
bend
or
,
three
snuff-mulls
gules
,
the
cognizance
of
the
house
of
Binkie
)
,
drove
up
in
state
to
Miss
Crawley
's
door
,
and
the
tall
serious
footman
handed
in
to
Mr.
Bowls
her
Ladyship
's
cards
for
Miss
Crawley
,
and
one
likewise
for
Miss
Briggs
.
By
way
of
compromise
,
Lady
Emily
sent
in
a
packet
in
the
evening
for
the
latter
lady
,
containing
copies
of
the
"
Washerwoman
,
"
and
other
mild
and
favourite
tracts
for
Miss
B.
'
s
own
perusal
;
and
a
few
for
the
servants
'
hall
,
viz.
:
"
Crumbs
from
the
Pantry
,
"
"
The
Frying
Pan
and
the
Fire
,
"
and
"
The
Livery
of
Sin
,
"
of
a
much
stronger
kind
.
The
amiable
behaviour
of
Mr.
Crawley
,
and
Lady
Jane
's
kind
reception
of
her
,
highly
flattered
Miss
Briggs
,
who
was
enabled
to
speak
a
good
word
for
the
latter
,
after
the
cards
of
the
Southdown
family
had
been
presented
to
Miss
Crawley
.
A
Countess
's
card
left
personally
too
for
her
,
Briggs
,
was
not
a
little
pleasing
to
the
poor
friendless
companion
.
"
What
could
Lady
Southdown
mean
by
leaving
a
card
upon
you
,
I
wonder
,
Miss
Briggs
?
"
said
the
republican
Miss
Crawley
;
upon
which
the
companion
meekly
said
"
that
she
hoped
there
could
be
no
harm
in
a
lady
of
rank
taking
notice
of
a
poor
gentlewoman
,
"
and
she
put
away
this
card
in
her
work-box
amongst
her
most
cherished
personal
treasures
.
Furthermore
,
Miss
Briggs
explained
how
she
had
met
Mr.
Crawley
walking
with
his
cousin
and
long
affianced
bride
the
day
before
:
and
she
told
how
kind
and
gentle-looking
the
lady
was
,
and
what
a
plain
,
not
to
say
common
,
dress
she
had
,
all
the
articles
of
which
,
from
the
bonnet
down
to
the
boots
,
she
described
and
estimated
with
female
accuracy
.
Miss
Crawley
allowed
Briggs
to
prattle
on
without
interrupting
her
too
much
.
As
she
got
well
,
she
was
pining
for
society
.
Mr.
Creamer
,
her
medical
man
,
would
not
hear
of
her
returning
to
her
old
haunts
and
dissipation
in
London
.
The
old
spinster
was
too
glad
to
find
any
companionship
at
Brighton
,
and
not
only
were
the
cards
acknowledged
the
very
next
day
,
but
Pitt
Crawley
was
graciously
invited
to
come
and
see
his
aunt
.
He
came
,
bringing
with
him
Lady
Southdown
and
her
daughter
.
The
dowager
did
not
say
a
word
about
the
state
of
Miss
Crawley
's
soul
;
but
talked
with
much
discretion
about
the
weather
:
about
the
war
and
the
downfall
of
the
monster
Bonaparte
:
and
above
all
,
about
doctors
,
quacks
,
and
the
particular
merits
of
Dr.
Podgers
,
whom
she
then
patronised
.
During
their
interview
Pitt
Crawley
made
a
great
stroke
,
and
one
which
showed
that
,
had
his
diplomatic
career
not
been
blighted
by
early
neglect
,
he
might
have
risen
to
a
high
rank
in
his
profession
.
When
the
Countess
Dowager
of
Southdown
fell
foul
of
the
Corsican
upstart
,
as
the
fashion
was
in
those
days
,
and
showed
that
he
was
a
monster
stained
with
every
conceivable
crime
,
a
coward
and
a
tyrant
not
fit
to
live
,
one
whose
fall
was
predicted
,
&
c.
,
Pitt
Crawley
suddenly
took
up
the
cudgels
in
favour
of
the
man
of
Destiny
.
He
described
the
First
Consul
as
he
saw
him
at
Paris
at
the
peace
of
Amiens
;
when
he
,
Pitt
Crawley
,
had
the
gratification
of
making
the
acquaintance
of
the
great
and
good
Mr.
Fox
,
a
statesman
whom
,
however
much
he
might
differ
with
him
,
it
was
impossible
not
to
admire
fervently
--
a
statesman
who
had
always
had
the
highest
opinion
of
the
Emperor
Napoleon
.
And
he
spoke
in
terms
of
the
strongest
indignation
of
the
faithless
conduct
of
the
allies
towards
this
dethroned
monarch
,
who
,
after
giving
himself
generously
up
to
their
mercy
,
was
consigned
to
an
ignoble
and
cruel
banishment
,
while
a
bigoted
Popish
rabble
was
tyrannising
over
France
in
his
stead
.
This
orthodox
horror
of
Romish
superstition
saved
Pitt
Crawley
in
Lady
Southdown
's
opinion
,
whilst
his
admiration
for
Fox
and
Napoleon
raised
him
immeasurably
in
Miss
Crawley
's
eyes
.
Her
friendship
with
that
defunct
British
statesman
was
mentioned
when
we
first
introduced
her
in
this
history
.
A
true
Whig
,
Miss
Crawley
had
been
in
opposition
all
through
the
war
,
and
though
,
to
be
sure
,
the
downfall
of
the
Emperor
did
not
very
much
agitate
the
old
lady
,
or
his
ill-treatment
tend
to
shorten
her
life
or
natural
rest
,
yet
Pitt
spoke
to
her
heart
when
he
lauded
both
her
idols
;
and
by
that
single
speech
made
immense
progress
in
her
favour
.
"
And
what
do
you
think
,
my
dear
?
"
Miss
Crawley
said
to
the
young
lady
,
for
whom
she
had
taken
a
liking
at
first
sight
,
as
she
always
did
for
pretty
and
modest
young
people
;
though
it
must
be
owned
her
affections
cooled
as
rapidly
as
they
rose
.
