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Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism, in some Cases, acts as a Quickener to inventive Genius

           Notthatittooklongtoselectthegarmentsheshouldwear,inasmuchashehadnochoiceaboutthematter;buttheputtingofthemontothebestadvantage,andthetouchingofthemuppreviously,wasataskofnoinconsiderabledifficultyorimportance.

           ‘Therewasaverysnuglittleparty,consistingofMariaLobbsandhercousinKate,andthreeorfourromping,good-humoured,rosy-cheekedgirls.NathanielPipkinhadoculardemonstrationofthefact,thattherumoursofoldLobbs’streasureswerenotexaggerated.Thereweretherealsolidsilverteapot,cream-ewer,andsugar-basin,onthetable,andrealsilverspoonstostirtheteawith,andrealchinacupstodrinkitoutof,andplatesofthesame,toholdthecakesandtoastin.Theonlyeye-soreinthewholeplacewasanothercousinofMariaLobbs’s,andabrotherofKate,whomMariaLobbscalled"Henry,"andwhoseemedtokeepMariaLobbsalltohimself,upinonecornerofthetable.It’sadelightfulthingtoseeaffectioninfamilies,butitmaybecarriedrathertoofar,andNathanielPipkincouldnothelpthinkingthatMariaLobbsmustbeveryparticularlyfondofherrelations,ifshepaidasmuchattentiontoallofthemastothisindividualcousin.Aftertea,too,whenthewickedlittlecousinproposedagameatblindman’sbuff,itsomehoworotherhappenedthatNathanielPipkinwasnearlyalwaysblind,andwheneverhelaidhishanduponthemalecousin,hewassuretofindthatMariaLobbswasnotfaroff.

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