Things now began to wear so serious a aspect that a messenger was secretly despatched to the Savoy for troops, and in half an hour a regiment of the guards arrived, who by dint of great exertion succeeded in partially dispersing the tumultuous assemblage. She had been in the drawing-room for a few minutes before the gong had sounded, and had chattered gaily to every one. The Becks were the best foster family that she had ever had. She was making it up. Sheppard's dress—extremely neat and clean, but simply fashioned, and of the plainest and most unpretending material,—offered nothing assailable; and her demeanour was so humble, and her looks so modest, that—if she had been ill-looking—she might, possibly, have escaped the shafts of malice preparing to be levelled against her. And then her pace slackened. I must see if I have a gown fit to wear.
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