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VanityFairbyWilliamMakepeaceThackeray

Chapter53

ARescueandaCatastrophe

FriendRawdondroveonthentoMr.Moss’smansioninCursitorStreet,

andwasdulyinductedintothatdismalplaceofhospitality.Morningwas

breakingoverthecheerfulhouse-topsofChanceryLaneastherattling

cabwokeuptheechoesthere.Alittlepink-eyedJew-boy,withaheadas

ruddyastherisingmorn,letthepartyintothehouse,andRawdonwas

welcomedtotheground-floorapartmentsbyMr.Moss,histravelling

companionandhost,whocheerfullyaskedhimifhewouldlikeaglass

ofsomethingwarmafterhisdrive.

TheColonelwasnotsodepressedassomemortalswouldbe,who,

quittingapalaceandaplacensuxor,findthemselvesbarredintoa

spunging-house;for,ifthetruthmustbetold,hehadbeenalodgerat

Mr.Moss’sestablishmentonceortwicebefore.Wehavenotthoughtit

necessaryinthepreviouscourseofthisnarrativetomentionthesetrivial

littledomestics:butthereadermaybeassuredthattheycan’t

unfrequentlyoccurinthelifeofamanwholivesonnothingayear.

UponhisfirstvisittoMr.Moss,theColonel,thenabachelor,hadbeen

liberatedbythegenerosityofhisaunt;onthesecondmishap,little

Becky,withthegreatestspiritandkindness,hadborrowedasumof

moneyfromLordSouthdownandhadcoaxedherhusband’screditor

(whowashershawl,velvet-gown,lacepocket-handkerchief,trinket,and

gim-crackpurveyor,indeed)totakeaportionofthesumclaimedand

Rawdon’spromissorynotefortheremainder:soonboththeseoccasions

thecaptureandreleasehadbeenconductedwiththeutmostgallantryon

allsides,andMossandtheColonelwerethereforeontheverybestof

terms.

“You’llfindyouroldbed,Colonel,andeverythingcomfortable,”that

gentlemansaid,“asImayhonestlysay.Youmaybeprettysureitskep

aired,andbythebestof

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