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He
never
saw
Jos
more
.
Three
months
afterwards
Joseph
Sedley
died
at
Aix-la-Chapelle
.
It
was
found
that
all
his
property
had
been
muddled
away
in
speculations
,
and
was
represented
by
valueless
shares
in
different
bubble
companies
.
All
his
available
assets
were
the
two
thousand
pounds
for
which
his
life
was
insured
,
and
which
were
left
equally
between
his
beloved
"
sister
Amelia
,
wife
of
,
&
c.
,
and
his
friend
and
invaluable
attendant
during
sickness
,
Rebecca
,
wife
of
Lieutenant-Colonel
Rawdon
Crawley
,
C.B.
,
"
who
was
appointed
administratrix
.
The
solicitor
of
the
insurance
company
swore
it
was
the
blackest
case
that
ever
had
come
before
him
,
talked
of
sending
a
commission
to
Aix
to
examine
into
the
death
,
and
the
Company
refused
payment
of
the
policy
.
But
Mrs.
,
or
Lady
Crawley
,
as
she
styled
herself
,
came
to
town
at
once
(
attended
with
her
solicitors
,
Messrs.
Burke
,
Thurtell
,
and
Hayes
,
of
Thavies
Inn
)
and
dared
the
Company
to
refuse
the
payment
.
They
invited
examination
,
they
declared
that
she
was
the
object
of
an
infamous
conspiracy
,
which
had
been
pursuing
her
all
through
life
,
and
triumphed
finally
.
The
money
was
paid
,
and
her
character
established
,
but
Colonel
Dobbin
sent
back
his
share
of
the
legacy
to
the
insurance
office
and
rigidly
declined
to
hold
any
communication
with
Rebecca
.
She
never
was
Lady
Crawley
,
though
she
continued
so
to
call
herself
.
His
Excellency
Colonel
Rawdon
Crawley
died
of
yellow
fever
at
Coventry
Island
,
most
deeply
beloved
and
deplored
,
and
six
weeks
before
the
demise
of
his
brother
,
Sir
Pitt
.
The
estate
consequently
devolved
upon
the
present
Sir
Rawdon
Crawley
,
Bart
.
He
,
too
,
has
declined
to
see
his
mother
,
to
whom
he
makes
a
liberal
allowance
,
and
who
,
besides
,
appears
to
be
very
wealthy
.
The
Baronet
lives
entirely
at
Queen
's
Crawley
,
with
Lady
Jane
and
her
daughter
,
whilst
Rebecca
,
Lady
Crawley
,
chiefly
hangs
about
Bath
and
Cheltenham
,
where
a
very
strong
party
of
excellent
people
consider
her
to
be
a
most
injured
woman
.
She
has
her
enemies
.
Who
has
not
?
Her
life
is
her
answer
to
them
.
She
busies
herself
in
works
of
piety
.
She
goes
to
church
,
and
never
without
a
footman
.
Her
name
is
in
all
the
Charity
Lists
.
The
destitute
orange-girl
,
the
neglected
washerwoman
,
the
distressed
muffin-man
find
in
her
a
fast
and
generous
friend
She
is
always
having
stalls
at
Fancy
Fairs
for
the
benefit
of
these
hapless
beings
.
Emmy
,
her
children
,
and
the
Colonel
,
coming
to
London
some
time
back
,
found
themselves
suddenly
before
her
at
one
of
these
fairs
.
She
cast
down
her
eyes
demurely
and
smiled
as
they
started
away
from
her
;
Emmy
scurrying
off
on
the
arm
of
George
(
now
grown
a
dashing
young
gentleman
)
and
the
Colonel
seizing
up
his
little
Janey
,
of
whom
he
is
fonder
than
of
anything
in
the
world
--
fonder
even
than
of
his
History
of
the
Punjaub
.
"
Fonder
than
he
is
of
me
,
"
Emmy
thinks
with
a
sigh
But
he
never
said
a
word
to
Amelia
that
was
not
kind
and
gentle
,
or
thought
of
a
want
of
hers
that
he
did
not
try
to
gratify
.
Ah
!
Vanitas
Vanitatum
!
which
of
us
is
happy
in
this
world
?
Which
of
us
has
his
desire
?
or
,
having
it
,
is
satisfied
?
--
come
,
children
,
let
us
shut
up
the
box
and
the
puppets
,
for
our
play
is
played
out
.