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Eothen

           Youwhoseeyourbettersbearingupunderthisshameeveryday,meeklysufferingundertheslightsoffortune,gentleandunpitied,poor,andratherdespisedfortheirpoverty,doyoueverstepdownfromyourprosperityandwashthefeetofthesepoorweariedbeggars?Theverythoughtofthemisodiousandlow."Theremustbeclassestheremustberichandpoor,"Divessays,smackinghisclaret(itiswellifheevensendsthebrokenmeatouttoLazarussittingunderthewindow).Verytrue;butthinkhowmysteriousandoftenunaccountableitisthatlotteryoflifewhichgivestothismanthepurpleandfinelinenandsendstotheotherragsforgarmentsanddogsforcomforters.

           SoImustownthat,withoutmuchrepining,onthecontrarywithsomethingakintogratitude,Ameliatookthecrumbsthatherfather-in-lawletdropnowandthen,andwiththemfedherownparent.Directlysheunderstoodittobeherduty,itwasthisyoungwoman’snature(ladies,sheisbutthirtystill,andwechoosetocallherayoungwomanevenatthatage)itwas,Isay,hernaturetosacrificeherselfandtoflingallthatshehadatthefeetofthebelovedobject.

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