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The Old Piano

           ButitwasofcoursearrangedthatMarywastocomeandstayoftenatthegrandnewhousewhitherMrs.Osbornewasgoing,andwhereMarywassureshewouldneverbesohappyasshehadbeenintheirhumblecot,asMissClappcalledit,inthelanguageofthenovelswhichsheloved.

           Letushopeshewaswronginherjudgement.PoorEmmy’sdaysofhappinesshadbeenveryfewinthathumblecot.AgloomyFatehadoppressedherthere.Sheneverlikedtocomebacktothehouseaftershehadleftit,ortofacethelandladywhohadtyrannizedoverherwhenill-humouredandunpaid,orwhenpleasedhadtreatedherwithacoarsefamiliarityscarcelylessodious.HerservilityandfulsomecomplimentswhenEmmywasinprosperitywerenotmoretothatlady’sliking.Shecastaboutnotesofadmirationalloverthenewhouse,extollingeveryarticleoffurnitureorornament;shefingeredMrs.Osborne’sdressesandcalculatedtheirprice.Nothingcouldbetoogoodforthatsweetlady,shevowedandprotested.Butinthevulgarsycophantwhonowpaidcourttoher,Emmyalwaysrememberedthecoarsetyrantwhohadmadehermiserablemanyatime,towhomshehadbeenforcedtoputuppetitionsfortime,whentherentwasoverdue;whocriedoutatherextravaganceifsheboughtdelicaciesforherailingmotherorfather;whohadseenherhumbleandtrampleduponher.

           Nobodyeverheardofthesegriefs,whichhadbeenpartofourpoorlittlewoman’slotinlife.

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