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Thackeray

CHAPTER III
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I'll do everything regular.

Look here," and the old man fell down on his knees and leered at her like a satyr.
But Rebecca, though she had been angling, angling for favour and love and power, had not expected this.

For once in her life she loses her presence of mind, and exclaims: "Oh Sir Pitt; oh sir; I--I'm married already!" She has married Rawdon Crawley, Sir Pitt's younger son, Miss Crawley's favourite among those of her family who are looking for her money.

But she keeps her secret for the present, and writes a charming letter to the Captain; "Dearest,--Something tells me that we shall conquer.

You shall leave that odious regiment.


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