—fromVanityFair(Chapter67)
WilliamThackeray
WhateverBecky’sprivateplanmightbebywhichDobbin’struelovewastobecrownedwithsuccess，thelittlewomanthoughtthatthesecretmightkeep, andindeedbeingbynomeanssomuchinterestedaboutanybody’swelfareasaboutherown, shehadagreatnumberofthingspertainingtoherselftoconsider, andwhichconcernedheragreatdealmorethanMajorDobbin’shappinessinthislife.
Shefoundherselfsuddenlyandunexpectedlyinsnugcomfortablequarters, surroundedbyfriends, kindness, andgood-naturedsimplepeoplesuchasshehadnotmetwithformanyalongday; and, wandererasshewasbyforceandinclination, -treesbythewater, ortocomeintothecities, walkintothebazaars, refreshhimselfinthebaths, andsayhisprayersinthemosques, beforehegoesoutagainmarauding, soJos’, hungupherweapons, , restlesslifewasinexpressiblysoothingandpleasanttoher.
So, pleasedherself, shetriedwithallhermighttopleaseeverybody; , eveninthatlittleinterviewinthegarretattheElephantInn, , ’tgotosleepafterdinner, .
