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1、THEBEDFORD-ROWCONSPIRACYTHEBEDFORD-ROWCONSPIRACYThackeray1THEBEDFORD-ROWCONSPIRACYCHAPTERI.OFTHELOVESOFMR.PERKINSANDMISSGORGON,ANDOFTHETWOGREATFACTIONSINTHETOWNOFOLDBOROUGH."MydearJohn,"criedLucy,withaverywiselookindeed,"itmustandshallbeso.AsforDoughtyStreet,with
2、ourmeans,ahouseisoutofthequestion.Wemustkeepthreeservants,andAuntBiggssaysthetaxesareone-and-twentypoundsayear.""IhaveseenasweetplaceatChelsea,"remarkedJohn:"ParadiseRow,No.17,--garden--greenhouse--fiftypoundsayear--omnibustotownwithinamile.""What!thatImaybelefta
3、loneallday,andyouspendafortuneindrivingbackwardandforwardinthosehorridbreakneckcabs?Mydarling,Ishoulddiethere--dieoffright,IknowIshould.Didyounotsayyourselfthattheroadwasnotasyetlighted,andthattheplaceswarmedwithpublic-housesanddreadfultipsyIrishbricklayers?Would
4、youkillme,John?""Myda-arling,"saidJohn,withtremendousfondness,clutchingMissLucysuddenlyroundthewaist,andrappingthehandofthatyoungpersonviolentlyagainsthiswaistcoat,--"Myda-arling,don'tsaysuchthings,eveninajoke.IfIobjectedtothechambers,itisonlybecauseyou,mylove,wi
5、thyourbirthandconnections,oughttohaveahouseofyourown.Thechambersarequitelargeenoughandcertainlyquitegoodenoughforme."Andso,aftersomemoresweetparleyonthepartoftheseyoungpeople,itwasagreedthattheyshouldtakeuptheirabode,whenmarried,inapartoftheHousenumberOnehundreda
6、ndsomething,BedfordRow.ItwillbenecessarytoexplaintothereaderthatJohnwasnootherthanJohnPerkins,Esquire,oftheMiddleTemple,barrister-at-law,andthatMissLucywasthedaughterofthelateCaptainGorgon,andMarianneBiggs,hiswife.TheCaptainbeingofnobleconnections,youngersonofaba
7、ronet,cousintoLordX----,andrelatedtotheY----family,hadangeredallhisrelativesbymarryingaverysillyprettyyoungwoman,whokeptaladies'-schoolatCanterbury.Shehadsixhundredpoundsto2THEBEDFORD-ROWCONSPIRACYherfortune,whichtheCaptainlaidoutinthepurchaseofasweettravelling-c
8、arriageanddressing-caseforhimself;andgoingabroadwithhislady,spentseveralyearsintheprincipalprisonsofEurope,inoneofwhichhedied.Hiswifeanddaughterweremeantimesup
