A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire

           OuroldfriendstheCrawleys’familyhouse,inGreatGauntStreet,stillboreoveritsfrontthehatchmentwhichhadbeenplacedthereasatokenofmourningforSirPittCrawley’sdemise,yetthisheraldicemblemwasinitselfaverysplendidandgaudypieceoffurniture,andalltherestofthemansionbecamemorebrilliantthanithadeverbeenduringthelatebaronet’sreign.Theblackouter-coatingofthebrickswasremoved,andtheyappearedwithacheerful,blushingfacestreakedwithwhite:theoldbronzelionsoftheknockerweregilthandsomely,therailingspainted,andthedismallesthouseinGreatGauntStreetbecamethesmartestinthewholequarter,beforethegreenleavesinHampshirehadreplacedthoseyellowingoneswhichwereonthetreesinQueen’sCrawleyAvenuewhenoldSirPittCrawleypassedunderthemforthelasttime.

           Alittlewoman,withacarriagetocorrespond,wasperpetuallyseenaboutthismansion;anelderlyspinster,accompaniedbyalittleboy,alsomightberemarkedcomingthitherdaily.ItwasMissBriggsandlittleRawdon,whosebusinessitwastoseetotheinwardrenovationofSirPitt’shouse,tosuperintendthefemalebandengagedinstitchingtheblindsandhangings,topokeandrummageinthedrawersandcupboardscrammedwiththedirtyrelicsandcongregatedtrumperiesofacoupleofgenerationsofLadyCrawleys,andtotakeinventoriesofthechina,theglass,andotherpropertiesintheclosetsandstore-rooms.

           Mrs.

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