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One
day
they
kindly
came
over
to
Amelia
with
news
which
they
were
SURE
would
delight
her
--
something
VERY
interesting
about
their
dear
William
.
"
What
was
it
:
was
he
coming
home
?
"
she
asked
with
pleasure
beaming
in
her
eyes
.
"
Oh
,
no
--
not
the
least
--
but
they
had
very
good
reason
to
believe
that
dear
William
was
about
to
be
married
--
and
to
a
relation
of
a
very
dear
friend
of
Amelia
's
--
to
Miss
Glorvina
O'Dowd
,
Sir
Michael
O'Dowd
's
sister
,
who
had
gone
out
to
join
Lady
O'Dowd
at
Madras
--
a
very
beautiful
and
accomplished
girl
,
everybody
said
.
"
Amelia
said
"
Oh
!
"
Amelia
was
very
VERY
happy
indeed
.
But
she
supposed
Glorvina
could
not
be
like
her
old
acquaintance
,
who
was
most
kind
--
but
--
but
she
was
very
happy
indeed
.
And
by
some
impulse
of
which
I
can
not
explain
the
meaning
,
she
took
George
in
her
arms
and
kissed
him
with
an
extraordinary
tenderness
.
Her
eyes
were
quite
moist
when
she
put
the
child
down
;
and
she
scarcely
spoke
a
word
during
the
whole
of
the
drive
--
though
she
was
so
very
happy
indeed
.
Our
duty
now
takes
us
back
for
a
brief
space
to
some
old
Hampshire
acquaintances
of
ours
,
whose
hopes
respecting
the
disposal
of
their
rich
kinswoman
's
property
were
so
woefully
disappointed
.
After
counting
upon
thirty
thousand
pounds
from
his
sister
,
it
was
a
heavy
blow
.
to
Bute
Crawley
to
receive
but
five
;
out
of
which
sum
,
when
he
had
paid
his
own
debts
and
those
of
Jim
,
his
son
at
college
,
a
very
small
fragment
remained
to
portion
off
his
four
plain
daughters
.
Mrs.
Bute
never
knew
,
or
at
least
never
acknowledged
,
how
far
her
own
tyrannous
behaviour
had
tended
to
ruin
her
husband
.
All
that
woman
could
do
,
she
vowed
and
protested
she
had
done
.
Was
it
her
fault
if
she
did
not
possess
those
sycophantic
arts
which
her
hypocritical
nephew
,
Pitt
Crawley
,
practised
?
She
wished
him
all
the
happiness
which
he
merited
out
of
his
ill-gotten
gains
.
"
At
least
the
money
will
remain
in
the
family
,
"
she
said
charitably
.
"
Pitt
will
never
spend
it
,
my
dear
,
that
is
quite
certain
;
for
a
greater
miser
does
not
exist
in
England
,
and
he
is
as
odious
,
though
in
a
different
way
,
as
his
spendthrift
brother
,
the
abandoned
Rawdon
.
"
So
Mrs.
Bute
,
after
the
first
shock
of
rage
and
disappointment
,
began
to
accommodate
herself
as
best
she
could
to
her
altered
fortunes
and
to
save
and
retrench
with
all
her
might
.
She
instructed
her
daughters
how
to
bear
poverty
cheerfully
,
and
invented
a
thousand
notable
methods
to
conceal
or
evade
it
.
She
took
them
about
to
balls
and
public
places
in
the
neighbourhood
,
with
praiseworthy
energy
;
nay
,
she
entertained
her
friends
in
a
hospitable
comfortable
manner
at
the
Rectory
,
and
much
more
frequently
than
before
dear
Miss
Crawley
's
legacy
had
fallen
in
.
From
her
outward
bearing
nobody
would
have
supposed
that
the
family
had
been
disappointed
in
their
expectations
,
or
have
guessed
from
her
frequent
appearance
in
public
how
she
pinched
and
starved
at
home
.
Her
girls
had
more
milliners
'
furniture
than
they
had
ever
enjoyed
before
.
They
appeared
perseveringly
at
the
Winchester
and
Southampton
assemblies
;
they
penetrated
to
Cowes
for
the
race-balls
and
regatta-gaieties
there
;
and
their
carriage
,
with
the
horses
taken
from
the
plough
,
was
at
work
perpetually
,
until
it
began
almost
to
be
believed
that
the
four
sisters
had
had
fortunes
left
them
by
their
aunt
,
whose
name
the
family
never
mentioned
in
public
but
with
the
most
tender
gratitude
and
regard
.
I
know
no
sort
of
lying
which
is
more
frequent
in
Vanity
Fair
than
this
,
and
it
may
be
remarked
how
people
who
practise
it
take
credit
to
themselves
for
their
hypocrisy
,
and
fancy
that
they
are
exceedingly
virtuous
and
praiseworthy
,
because
they
are
able
to
deceive
the
world
with
regard
to
the
extent
of
their
means
.
Mrs.
Bute
certainly
thought
herself
one
of
the
most
virtuous
women
in
England
,
and
the
sight
of
her
happy
family
was
an
edifying
one
to
strangers
.
They
were
so
cheerful
,
so
loving
,
so
well-educated
,
so
simple
!
Martha
painted
flowers
exquisitely
and
furnished
half
the
charity
bazaars
in
the
county
.
Emma
was
a
regular
County
Bulbul
,
and
her
verses
in
the
Hampshire
Telegraph
were
the
glory
of
its
Poet
's
Corner
.
Fanny
and
Matilda
sang
duets
together
,
Mamma
playing
the
piano
,
and
the
other
two
sisters
sitting
with
their
arms
round
each
other
's
waists
and
listening
affectionately
.
Nobody
saw
the
poor
girls
drumming
at
the
duets
in
private
.
No
one
saw
Mamma
drilling
them
rigidly
hour
after
hour
.
In
a
word
,
Mrs.
Bute
put
a
good
face
against
fortune
and
kept
up
appearances
in
the
most
virtuous
manner
.
Everything
that
a
good
and
respectable
mother
could
do
Mrs.
Bute
did
.
She
got
over
yachting
men
from
Southampton
,
parsons
from
the
Cathedral
Close
at
Winchester
,
and
officers
from
the
barracks
there
.
She
tried
to
inveigle
the
young
barristers
at
assizes
and
encouraged
Jim
to
bring
home
friends
with
whom
he
went
out
hunting
with
the
H.
H
.
What
will
not
a
mother
do
for
the
benefit
of
her
beloved
ones
?
