. The works of William Makepeace Thackeray . CAPTAIN BECHER, MRS. BECHER xl UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF DENIS DUVAL wlio acted as the Counts interpreter on board the , of which M. Duval was lieutenant. After Rodneys famous victory fortyyears ago, at tlie time of which I speak, Madames hair was aswhite as snow; but in her picture, as I have seen it, in a dress ofwhite muslin sprigged with gold, the locks were as black as jayswings. It used to hang in her dining-room between the portraitsof her son, who died early, and of her husband in his uniform ofblue and white, with a ruffled hand in his w
. The works of William Makepeace Thackeray . CAPTAIN BECHER, MRS. BECHER xl UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF DENIS DUVAL wlio acted as the Counts interpreter on board the , of which M. Duval was lieutenant. After Rodneys famous victory fortyyears ago, at tlie time of which I speak, Madames hair was aswhite as snow; but in her picture, as I have seen it, in a dress ofwhite muslin sprigged with gold, the locks were as black as jayswings. It used to hang in her dining-room between the portraitsof her son, who died early, and of her husband in his uniform ofblue and white, with a ruffled hand in his waistcoat, and a smile onhis broad kind face.* Madame Duval appeared very seldom, andat Fairport evening parties, you see, there were differences—manyquarrels and feuds among the dear old people at Fairport. Questionsof social precedence were debated with much acrimony, and some-times with actual violence. I rememlter a dreadfiU to-do, for instance,one day, when my grand-aunt Tomlinson, a doctor of divinityslady, said she would never consent to leave a room aft
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