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94 A SHABBY GENTEEL STORY<br />

And with one more marriage this chapter shall conclude.<br />

About this time the British Auxiliary Legion came home from<br />

Spain ; and Lieut.-General Swabber, a knight of San Fernando, of<br />

the order of Isabella the Catholic, of the Tower and Sword, who,<br />

as plain Lieutenant Swabber, had loved Miss Isabella Macarty,<br />

as a general now actually married her. I leave you to suppose<br />

how glorious Mrs. Gann was, and how Gann got tipsy at the<br />

"Bag of Nails;" but as her daughters each insisted upon their<br />

£30 a year income, and Mrs. Gann had so only £60 left, she<br />

was obliged still to continue the lodging-house at Margate, in<br />

which have occurred the most interesting passages of this SHABBY<br />

GENTEEL STORY.<br />

Becky never went to her young mistress, who was not heard<br />

of after she wrote the letter to her parents, saying that she was<br />

married to Mr. Brandon ; but, for particular reasons, her dear<br />

husband wished to keep his marriage secret, and for the present<br />

her beloved parents must be content to know she was happy.<br />

Gann missed his little Carry at first a good deal, but spent more<br />

and more of his time at the alehouse, as his house with only Mrs.<br />

Gann in it was too hot for him. Mrs. Gann talked unceasingly<br />

of her daughter the squire's lady, and her daughter the general's<br />

wife; but never once mentioned Caroline after the first burst of<br />

wonder and wrath at her departure.<br />

God bless thee, poor Caroline ! Thou art happy now, for some<br />

short space at least ; and here, therefore, let us leave thee.

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