No, but as a satirical jibe it works very well. :)
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No, but as a satirical jibe it works very well. :)
It does. Thackery was pointing out that although by "class" sir Pitt was out of the "top drawer", by habit he was a pig, unyet people still venerated him . Also I think I remember Becky implying she was decended from the very highest of pre-revolution French society.