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Telescopic Philanthropy

           Someoftheletterswereproceedingsofladies’committeesorresolutionsofladies’meetings,whichshereadtous;otherswereapplicationsfrompeopleexcitedinvariouswaysaboutthecultivationofcoffee,andnatives;othersrequiredanswers,andtheseshesenthereldestdaughterfromthetablethreeorfourtimestowrite.Shewasfullofbusinessandundoubtedlywas,asshehadtoldus,devotedtothecause.Iwasalittlecurioustoknowwhoamildbaldgentlemaninspectacleswas,whodroppedintoavacantchair(therewasnotoporbottominparticular)afterthefishwastakenawayandseemedpassivelytosubmithimselftoBorrioboola-Ghabutnottobeactivelyinterestedinthatsettlement.Asheneverspokeaword,hemighthavebeenanativebutforhiscomplexion.ItwasnotuntilweleftthetableandheremainedalonewithRichardthatthepossibilityofhisbeingMr.Jellybyeverenteredmyhead.ButheWASMr.Jellyby;andaloquaciousyoungmancalledMr.Quale,withlargeshiningknobsfortemplesandhishairallbrushedtothebackofhishead,whocameintheevening,andtoldAdahewasaphilanthropist,alsoinformedherthathecalledthematrimonialallianceofMrs.JellybywithMr.Jellybytheunionofmindandmatter.Thisyoungman,besideshavingagreatdealtosayforhimselfaboutAfricaandaprojectofhisforteachingthecoffeecoloniststoteachthenativestoturnpiano-fortelegsandestablishanexporttrade,delightedindrawingMrs.Jellybyoutbysaying,"Ibelievenow,Mrs.

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