The Ribbons discovered in the fact. (Illustration to chapter 39, "Vanity Fair") by Thackeray

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The Ribbons discovered in the fact

William Makepeace Thackeray

Wood engraving

c.1861

Illustration for Chapter 39, Thackeray's Vanity Fair

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Text illustrated:

"Law, Betsy, how could you go for to tell such a wicked story! said Hester, the little kitchen-maid laid on her promotion-"and to Madam Crawley, so good and kind, and his Rev'rince (with a curtsey) and you may seach all my boxes, Mum, I'm sure, and here's my keys as I'm an honest girl though of pore parents and workhouse bred-and if you find so much as a beggarly bits of lace or a silk stocking out of all the gownds as you'be had the picking of may I never go to church agin."

Last modified 23 November 2009