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Dora’s Aunts

           IknowthatmyauntdistressedDora’sauntsverymuch,byutterlysettingatnaughtthedignityoffly-conveyance,andwalkingouttoPutneyatextraordinarytimes,asshortlyafterbreakfastorjustbeforetea;likewisebywearingherbonnetinanymannerthathappenedtobecomfortabletoherhead,withoutatalldeferringtotheprejudicesofcivilizationonthatsubject.ButDora’sauntssoonagreedtoregardmyauntasaneccentricandsomewhatmasculinelady,withastrongunderstanding;andalthoughmyauntoccasionallyruffledthefeathersofDora’saunts,byexpressinghereticalopinionsonvariouspointsofceremony,shelovedmetoowellnottosacrificesomeofherlittlepeculiaritiestothegeneralharmony.

           Theonlymemberofoursmallsocietywhopositivelyrefusedtoadapthimselftocircumstances,wasJip.Heneversawmyauntwithoutimmediatelydisplayingeverytoothinhishead,retiringunderachair,andgrowlingincessantly:withnowandthenadolefulhowl,asifshereallyweretoomuchforhisfeelings.Allkindsoftreatmentweretriedwithhim,coaxing,scolding,slapping,bringinghimtoBuckinghamStreet(whereheinstantlydashedatthetwocats,totheterrorofallbeholders);buthenevercouldprevailuponhimselftobearmyaunt’ssociety.Hewouldsometimesthinkhehadgotthebetterofhisobjection,andbeamiableforafewminutes;andthenwouldputuphissnubnose,andhowltothatextent,thattherewasnothingforitbuttoblindhimandputhimintheplate-warmer.

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