Vanity Fair, Chapter 33: samenvatting

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1. Miss Crawley praises Rawdon’s military prospects but still condemns his marriage and consults her solicitor about her unsettled inheritance plans.
2. Rebecca buys battlefield souvenirs and writes entertaining letters in Rawdon’s name, winning an encouraging reply from his aunt.
3. Mrs. Bute receives a discouraging message, while Sir Pitt’s conduct embarrasses his son and threatens his daughters’ upbringing.
4. Pitt cultivates Briggs through Lady Jane and urges Lady Southdown to help secure Miss Crawley’s fortune and religious conversion.
5. Pitt stops an immediate religious campaign by stressing his aunt’s nerves and wealth, and recommends Lady Jane rather than Lady Emily.
6. The Southdown carriage brings visiting cards, while Lady Emily sends religious pamphlets to Briggs and the servants.

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Waar je op kunt letten

Pitt links concern for his aunt’s health directly to her wealth. The reminder persuades Lady Southdown to postpone forceful religious intervention.

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