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Becky
took
it
,
however
,
with
grateful
humility
,
and
performing
a
reverence
which
would
have
done
credit
to
the
best
dancer-master
,
put
herself
at
Lady
Steyne
's
feet
,
as
it
were
,
by
saying
that
his
Lordship
had
been
her
father
's
earliest
friend
and
patron
,
and
that
she
,
Becky
,
had
learned
to
honour
and
respect
the
Steyne
family
from
the
days
of
her
childhood
.
The
fact
is
that
Lord
Steyne
had
once
purchased
a
couple
of
pictures
of
the
late
Sharp
,
and
the
affectionate
orphan
could
never
forget
her
gratitude
for
that
favour
.
The
Lady
Bareacres
then
came
under
Becky
's
cognizance
--
to
whom
the
Colonel
's
lady
made
also
a
most
respectful
obeisance
:
it
was
returned
with
severe
dignity
by
the
exalted
person
in
question
.
"
I
had
the
pleasure
of
making
your
Ladyship
's
acquaintance
at
Brussels
,
ten
years
ago
,
"
Becky
said
in
the
most
winning
manner
.
"
I
had
the
good
fortune
to
meet
Lady
Bareacres
at
the
Duchess
of
Richmond
's
ball
,
the
night
before
the
Battle
of
Waterloo
.
And
I
recollect
your
Ladyship
,
and
my
Lady
Blanche
,
your
daughter
,
sitting
in
the
carriage
in
the
porte-cochere
at
the
Inn
,
waiting
for
horses
.
I
hope
your
Ladyship
's
diamonds
are
safe
.
"
Everybody
's
eyes
looked
into
their
neighbour
's
.
The
famous
diamonds
had
undergone
a
famous
seizure
,
it
appears
,
about
which
Becky
,
of
course
,
knew
nothing
.
Rawdon
Crawley
retreated
with
Lord
Southdown
into
a
window
,
where
the
latter
was
heard
to
laugh
immoderately
,
as
Rawdon
told
him
the
story
of
Lady
Bareacres
wanting
horses
and
"
knuckling
down
by
Jove
,
"
to
Mrs.
Crawley
.
"
I
think
I
need
n't
be
afraid
of
THAT
woman
,
"
Becky
thought
.
Indeed
,
Lady
Bareacres
exchanged
terrified
and
angry
looks
with
her
daughter
and
retreated
to
a
table
,
where
she
began
to
look
at
pictures
with
great
energy
.
When
the
Potentate
from
the
Danube
made
his
appearance
,
the
conversation
was
carried
on
in
the
French
language
,
and
the
Lady
Bareacres
and
the
younger
ladies
found
,
to
their
farther
mortification
,
that
Mrs.
Crawley
was
much
better
acquainted
with
that
tongue
,
and
spoke
it
with
a
much
better
accent
than
they
.
Becky
had
met
other
Hungarian
magnates
with
the
army
in
France
in
1816-17
.
She
asked
after
her
friends
with
great
interest
The
foreign
personages
thought
that
she
was
a
lady
of
great
distinction
,
and
the
Prince
and
the
Princess
asked
severally
of
Lord
Steyne
and
the
Marchioness
,
whom
they
conducted
to
dinner
,
who
was
that
petite
dame
who
spoke
so
well
?
Finally
,
the
procession
being
formed
in
the
order
described
by
the
American
diplomatist
,
they
marched
into
the
apartment
where
the
banquet
was
served
,
and
which
,
as
I
have
promised
the
reader
he
shall
enjoy
it
,
he
shall
have
the
liberty
of
ordering
himself
so
as
to
suit
his
fancy
.
But
it
was
when
the
ladies
were
alone
that
Becky
knew
the
tug
of
war
would
come
.
And
then
indeed
the
little
woman
found
herself
in
such
a
situation
as
made
her
acknowledge
the
correctness
of
Lord
Steyne
's
caution
to
her
to
beware
of
the
society
of
ladies
above
her
own
sphere
.
As
they
say
,
the
persons
who
hate
Irishmen
most
are
Irishmen
;
so
,
assuredly
,
the
greatest
tyrants
over
women
are
women
.
When
poor
little
Becky
,
alone
with
the
ladies
,
went
up
to
the
fire-place
whither
the
great
ladies
had
repaired
,
the
great
ladies
marched
away
and
took
possession
of
a
table
of
drawings
.
When
Becky
followed
them
to
the
table
of
drawings
,
they
dropped
off
one
by
one
to
the
fire
again
.
She
tried
to
speak
to
one
of
the
children
(
of
whom
she
was
commonly
fond
in
public
places
)
,
but
Master
George
Gaunt
was
called
away
by
his
mamma
;
and
the
stranger
was
treated
with
such
cruelty
finally
,
that
even
Lady
Steyne
herself
pitied
her
and
went
up
to
speak
to
the
friendless
little
woman
.
"
Lord
Steyne
,
"
said
her
Ladyship
,
as
her
wan
cheeks
glowed
with
a
blush
,
"
says
you
sing
and
play
very
beautifully
,
Mrs.
Crawley
--
I
wish
you
would
do
me
the
kindness
to
sing
to
me
.
"
