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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

           Arewetosupposefromthiscuriosityandpryingintodictionaries,couldourheroinesupposethatMr.Crawleywasinterestedinher?no,onlyinafriendlyway.HavewenotstatedthathewasattachedtoLadyJaneSheepshanks?

           HetookRebeccatotaskonceortwiceabouttheproprietyofplayingatbackgammonwithSirPitt,sayingthatitwasagodlessamusement,andthatshewouldbemuchbetterengagedinreading"Thrump’sLegacy,"or"TheBlindWasherwomanofMoorfields,"oranyworkofamoreseriousnature;butMissSharpsaidherdearmotherusedoftentoplaythesamegamewiththeoldCountdeTrictracandthevenerableAbbeduCornet,andsofoundanexcuseforthisandotherworldlyamusements.

           ButitwasnotonlybyplayingatbackgammonwiththeBaronet,thatthelittlegovernessrenderedherselfagreeabletoheremployer.Shefoundmanydifferentwaysofbeingusefultohim.Shereadover,withindefatigablepatience,allthoselawpapers,withwhich,beforeshecametoQueen’sCrawley,hehadpromisedtoentertainher.Shevolunteeredtocopymanyofhisletters,andadroitlyalteredthespellingofthemsoastosuittheusagesofthepresentday.

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