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Yes
,
she
gave
parties
in
the
little
house
in
Curzon
Street
.
Many
scores
of
carriages
,
with
blazing
lamps
,
blocked
up
the
street
,
to
the
disgust
of
No.
100
,
who
could
not
rest
for
the
thunder
of
the
knocking
,
and
of
102
,
who
could
not
sleep
for
envy
.
The
gigantic
footmen
who
accompanied
the
vehicles
were
too
big
to
be
contained
in
Becky
's
little
hall
,
and
were
billeted
off
in
the
neighbouring
public-houses
,
whence
,
when
they
were
wanted
,
call-boys
summoned
them
from
their
beer
.
Scores
of
the
great
dandies
of
London
squeezed
and
trod
on
each
other
on
the
little
stairs
,
laughing
to
find
themselves
there
;
and
many
spotless
and
severe
ladies
of
ton
were
seated
in
the
little
drawing-room
,
listening
to
the
professional
singers
,
who
were
singing
according
to
their
wont
,
and
as
if
they
wished
to
blow
the
windows
down
.
And
the
day
after
,
there
appeared
among
the
fashionable
reunions
in
the
Morning
Post
a
paragraph
to
the
following
effect
:
"
Yesterday
,
Colonel
and
Mrs.
Crawley
entertained
a
select
party
at
dinner
at
their
house
in
May
Fair
.
Their
Excellencies
the
Prince
and
Princess
of
Peterwaradin
,
H.
E.
Papoosh
Pasha
,
the
Turkish
Ambassador
(
attended
by
Kibob
Bey
,
dragoman
of
the
mission
)
,
the
Marquess
of
Steyne
,
Earl
of
Southdown
,
Sir
Pitt
and
Lady
Jane
Crawley
,
Mr.
Wagg
,
&
c
.
After
dinner
Mrs.
Crawley
had
an
assembly
which
was
attended
by
the
Duchess
(
Dowager
)
of
Stilton
,
Duc
de
la
Gruyere
,
Marchioness
of
Cheshire
,
Marchese
Alessandro
Strachino
,
Comte
de
Brie
,
Baron
Schapzuger
,
Chevalier
Tosti
,
Countess
of
Slingstone
,
and
Lady
F.
Macadam
,
Major-General
and
Lady
G.
Macbeth
,
and
(
2
)
Miss
Macbeths
;
Viscount
Paddington
,
Sir
Horace
Fogey
,
Hon.
Sands
Bedwin
,
Bobachy
Bahawder
,
"
and
an
&
c.
,
which
the
reader
may
fill
at
his
pleasure
through
a
dozen
close
lines
of
small
type
.
And
in
her
commerce
with
the
great
our
dear
friend
showed
the
same
frankness
which
distinguished
her
transactions
with
the
lowly
in
station
.
On
one
occasion
,
when
out
at
a
very
fine
house
,
Rebecca
was
(
perhaps
rather
ostentatiously
)
holding
a
conversation
in
the
French
language
with
a
celebrated
tenor
singer
of
that
nation
,
while
the
Lady
Grizzel
Macbeth
looked
over
her
shoulder
scowling
at
the
pair
.
"
How
very
well
you
speak
French
,
"
Lady
Grizzel
said
,
who
herself
spoke
the
tongue
in
an
Edinburgh
accent
most
remarkable
to
hear
.
"
I
ought
to
know
it
,
"
Becky
modestly
said
,
casting
down
her
eyes
.
"
I
taught
it
in
a
school
,
and
my
mother
was
a
Frenchwoman
.
"
Lady
Grizzel
was
won
by
her
humility
and
was
mollified
towards
the
little
woman
.
She
deplored
the
fatal
levelling
tendencies
of
the
age
,
which
admitted
persons
of
all
classes
into
the
society
of
their
superiors
,
but
her
ladyship
owned
that
this
one
at
least
was
well
behaved
and
never
forgot
her
place
in
life
.
She
was
a
very
good
woman
:
good
to
the
poor
;
stupid
,
blameless
,
unsuspicious
.
It
is
not
her
ladyship
's
fault
that
she
fancies
herself
better
than
you
and
me
.
The
skirts
of
her
ancestors
'
garments
have
been
kissed
for
centuries
;
it
is
a
thousand
years
,
they
say
,
since
the
tartans
of
the
head
of
the
family
were
embraced
by
the
defunct
Duncan
's
lords
and
councillors
,
when
the
great
ancestor
of
the
House
became
King
of
Scotland
.
Lady
Steyne
,
after
the
music
scene
,
succumbed
before
Becky
,
and
perhaps
was
not
disinclined
to
her
.
The
younger
ladies
of
the
house
of
Gaunt
were
also
compelled
into
submission
.
Once
or
twice
they
set
people
at
her
,
but
they
failed
.
The
brilliant
Lady
Stunnington
tried
a
passage
of
arms
with
her
,
but
was
routed
with
great
slaughter
by
the
intrepid
little
Becky
.
When
attacked
sometimes
,
Becky
had
a
knack
of
adopting
a
demure
ingenue
air
,
under
which
she
was
most
dangerous
.
She
said
the
wickedest
things
with
the
most
simple
unaffected
air
when
in
this
mood
,
and
would
take
care
artlessly
to
apologize
for
her
blunders
,
so
that
all
the
world
should
know
that
she
had
made
them
.
Mr.
Wagg
,
the
celebrated
wit
,
and
a
led
captain
and
trencher-man
of
my
Lord
Steyne
,
was
caused
by
the
ladies
to
charge
her
;
and
the
worthy
fellow
,
leering
at
his
patronesses
and
giving
them
a
wink
,
as
much
as
to
say
,
"
Now
look
out
for
sport
,
"
one
evening
began
an
assault
upon
Becky
,
who
was
unsuspiciously
eating
her
dinner
.
