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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

           OnanotheroccasionhewasratherscandalisedatfindinghissisterwithabookofFrenchplays;butasthegovernessremarkedthatitwasforthepurposeofacquiringtheFrenchidiominconversation,hewasfaintobecontent.Mr.Crawley,asadiplomatist,wasexceedinglyproudofhisownskillinspeakingtheFrenchlanguage(forhewasoftheworldstill),andnotalittlepleasedwiththecomplimentswhichthegovernesscontinuallypaidhimuponhisproficiency.

           MissViolet’stasteswere,onthecontrary,morerudeandboisterousthanthoseofhersister.Sheknewthesequesteredspotswherethehenslaidtheireggs.Shecouldclimbatreetorobthenestsofthefeatheredsongstersoftheirspeckledspoils.Andherpleasurewastoridetheyoungcolts,andtoscourtheplainslikeCamilla.Shewasthefavouriteofherfatherandofthestablemen.Shewasthedarling,andwithaltheterrorofthecook;forshediscoveredthehauntsofthejam-pots,andwouldattackthemwhentheywerewithinherreach.Sheandhersisterwereengagedinconstantbattles.Anyofwhichpeccadilloes,ifMissSharpdiscovered,shedidnottellthemtoLadyCrawley;whowouldhavetoldthemtothefather,orworse,toMr.Crawley;butpromisednottotellifMissVioletwouldbeagoodgirlandlovehergoverness.

           WithMr.CrawleyMissSharpwasrespectfulandobedient.

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