VanityFair！Thismighthavebeen，butforyou，acheerylass——PeterButtandRoseahappymanandwife，inasnugfarm，withaheartyfamily；andanhonestportionofpleasures，cares，hopesandstruggles——butatitleandacoachandfouraretoysmorepreciousthanhappinessinVanityFair：andifHarrytheEighthorBluebeardwerealivenow，andwantedatenthwife，doyousupposehecouldnotgettheprettiestgirlthatshallbepresentedthisseason？
Thelanguiddulnessoftheirmammadidnot，asitmaybesupposed，awakenmuchaffectioninherlittledaughters，buttheywereveryhappyintheservants’hallandinthestables；andtheScotchgardenerhavingluckilyagoodwifeandsomegoodchildren，theygotalittlewholesomesocietyandinstructioninhislodge，whichwastheonlyeducationbestoweduponthemuntilMissSharpcame。
HerengagementwasowingtotheremonstrancesofMr。PittCrawley，theonlyfriendorprotectorLadyCrawleyeverhad，andtheonlyperson，besidesherchildren，forwhomsheentertainedalittlefeebleattachment。Mr。PitttookafterthenobleBinkies，fromwhomhewasdescended，andwasaverypoliteandpropergentleman。Whenhegrewtoman’sestate，andcamebackfromChristchurch，hebegantoreformtheslackeneddisciplineofthehall，inspiteofhisfather，whostoodinaweofhim。Hewasamanofsuchrigidrefinement，thathewouldhavestarvedratherthanhavedinedwithoutawhiteneckcloth。Once，whenjustfromcollege，andwhenHorrocksthebutlerbroughthimaletterwithoutplacingitpreviouslyonatray，hegavethatdomesticalook，andadministeredtohimaspeechsocutting，thatHorrockseveraftertrembledbeforehim；
thewholehouseholdbowedtohim：LadyCrawley’scurl-
paperscameoffearlierwhenhewasathome：SirPitt’smuddygaitersdisappeared；andifthatincorrigibleoldmanstilladheredtootheroldhabits，heneverfuddledhimselfwithrum-and-waterinhisson’spresence，andonlytalkedtohisservantsinaveryreservedandpolitemanner；andthosepersonsremarkedthatSirPittneversworeatLadyCrawleywhilehissonwasintheroom。