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This conversation took place in the drawing-rooestaffes' family town-house in Bruton Street It was not by anybut few of those luxuries and elegancies which have been added of late years to newly-built London residences It was gloo-rooms, bad bedrooms, and very little accommodation for servants But it was the old faenerations of Longestaffes, and did not savour of that radical newness which prevails, and which was peculiarly distasteful to Mr Longestaffe Queen's Gate and the quarters around were, according to Mr Longestaffe, devoted to opulent tradesh its aristocratic properties must be ad there and thereabouts had never possessed in their fa between Piccadilly and Oxford Street, one or tell-known localities to the south and north of these boundaries, were the proper sites for these habitations When Lady Poh rank but questionable taste, had once suggested a change to Eaton Square, Mr Longestaffe had at once snubbed his wife If Bruton Street wasn't good enough for her and the girls then theyat Cavershaestaffe, proud as he was of his town-house, was, from year to year, very anxious to save the expense of the annual irls' horses, his wife's carriage and his own brougham, his dull London dinner-parties, and the one ball which it was always necessary that Lady Poive, made him look forward to the end of July, with an to knohat that year's season would cost him But he had never yet been able to keep his fairls, who as yet knew nothing of the Continent beyond Paris, had signified their willingness to be taken about Germany and Italy for twelve months, but had shown by every ainst any intention on their father's part to keep theiana had just finished her strong-ainst the Melmottes, when her brother strolled into the room Dolly did not often show himself in Bruton Street He had rooms of his own, and could seldom even be induced to dine with his family His mother wrote to hi invitations of all sorts upon him; would he coo to this ball; would he go to that evening-party? These Dolly barely read, and never answered He would open theet them Consequently his mother worshipped him; and even his sisters, ere at any rate superior to him in intellect, treated him with a certain deference He could do as he liked, and they felt theestaffe regirand to their eyes, and very enviable, although they were aware that he had already so used it as to impoverish himself in the midst of his wealth