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           Shewonderedwhattheywouldthinkiftheyreallyknewhowunromanticthelifeofasuccessfulactresswas,thehardworkitentailed,theconstantcareonehadtotakeofoneselfandtheregular,monotonoushabitswhichwereessential.Butshegood-naturedlyofferedthemadviceonmake-upandletthemcopyherclothes.Shewasalwaysbeautifullydressed.EvenMichael,fondlythinkingshegotherclothesfornothing,didnotknowhowmuchshereallyspentonthem.

           Morallyshehadthebestofbothworlds.EveryoneknewthathermarriagewithMichaelwasexemplary.Shewasapatternofconjugalfidelity.AtthesametimemanypeopleinthatparticularsetwereconvincedthatshewasCharlesTamerley’smistress.Itwasanaffairthatwassupposedtohavebeengoingonsolongthatithadacquiredrespectability,andtoleranthostesseswhentheywereaskedtothesamehouseforaweek-endgavethemadjoiningrooms.ThisbeliefhadbeenstartedbyLadyCharles,fromwhomCharlesTamerleyhadbeenlongseparated,andinpointoffacttherewasnotawordoftruthinit.TheonlyfoundationforitwasthatCharleshadbeenmadlyinlovewithherfortwentyyears,anditwascertainlyonJulia’saccountthattheTamerleys,whohadnevergotonverywell,agreedtoseparate.ItwasindeedLadyCharleswhohadfirstbroughtJuliaandCharlestogether.Theyhappened,allthree,tobelunchingatDollydeVries’swhenJulia,ayoungactress,hadmadeherfirstgreatsuccessinLondon.