Being commanded by her elder sister to get “the Dictionary” from the cupboard, Miss Jemima had extracted two copies of the book from the receptacle in question. When Miss Pinkerton had finished the inscription in the first, Jemima, with rather a dubious and timid air, handed her the second. “For whom is this, Miss Jemima?” said Miss Pinkerton, with awful coldness. “For Becky Sharp,” answered Jemima, trembling very much, and blushing over her withered face and neck, as she turned
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