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Miss Matilda Crawley: Oh, please tell me there's something disreputable in your past
Becky Sharp: Well, my father was an artist
Miss Matilda Crawley: Ah, that's better, a starving one I hope
Becky Sharp: Absolutely ravenous
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Mrs. Sedley: I thought her a mere social climber, but now I see she's a mountineer
Tim Preece
Extended Reading