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           IfTraddleseverforaninstantmissedthetea-spoonsthatwerestilltobewon,IhavenodoubtitwaswhenhehandedtheBeautyhertea.Ifhissweet-temperedwifecouldhavegotupanyself-assertionagainstanyone,IamsatisfieditcouldonlyhavebeenbecauseshewastheBeauty’ssister.Afewslightindicationsofaratherpettedandcapriciousmanner,whichIobservedintheBeauty,weremanifestlyconsidered,byTraddlesandhiswife,asherbirthrightandnaturalendowment.IfshehadbeenbornaQueenBee,andtheylabouringBees,theycouldnothavebeenmoresatisfiedofthat.

           Buttheirself-forgetfulnesscharmedme.Theirprideinthesegirls,andtheirsubmissionofthemselvestoalltheirwhims,wasthepleasantestlittletestimonytotheirownworthIcouldhavedesiredtosee.IfTraddleswereaddressedas‘adarling’,onceinthecourseofthatevening;andbesoughttobringsomethinghere,orcarrysomethingthere,ortakesomethingup,orputsomethingdown,orfindsomething,orfetchsomething,hewassoaddressed,byoneorotherofhissisters-in-law,atleasttwelvetimesinanhour.NeithercouldtheydoanythingwithoutSophy.Somebody’shairfelldown,andnobodybutSophycouldputitup.Somebodyforgothowaparticulartunewent,andnobodybutSophycouldhumthattuneright.SomebodywantedtorecallthenameofaplaceinDevonshire,andonlySophyknewit.Somethingwaswantedtobewrittenhome,andSophyalonecouldbetrustedtowritebeforebreakfastinthemorning.

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