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Arcadian Simplicity

           I,formypart,haveknownafive-poundnotetointerposeandknockupahalfcentury’sattachmentbetweentwobrethren;andcan’tbutadmire,asIthinkwhatafineanddurablethingLoveisamongworldlypeople.

           ItcannotbesupposedthatthearrivalofsuchapersonageasRebeccaatQueen’sCrawley,andhergradualestablishmentinthegoodgracesofallpeoplethere,couldbeunremarkedbyMrs.ButeCrawley.Mrs.Bute,whoknewhowmanydaysthesirloinofbeeflastedattheHall;howmuchlinenwasgotreadyatthegreatwash;howmanypeacheswereonthesouthwall;howmanydosesherladyshiptookwhenshewasill—forsuchpointsaremattersofintenseinteresttocertainpersonsinthecountry—Mrs.Bute,Isay,couldnotpassovertheHallgovernesswithoutmakingeveryinquiryrespectingherhistoryandcharacter.TherewasalwaysthebestunderstandingbetweentheservantsattheRectoryandtheHall.TherewasalwaysagoodglassofaleinthekitchenoftheformerplacefortheHallpeople,whoseordinarydrinkwasverysmall—and,indeed,theRector’sladyknewexactlyhowmuchmaltwenttoeverybarrelofHallbeer—tiesofrelationshipexistedbetweentheHallandRectorydomestics,asbetweentheirmasters;andthroughthesechannelseachfamilywasperfectlywellacquaintedwiththedoingsoftheother.That,bytheway,maybesetdownasageneralremark.Whenyouandyourbrotherarefriends,hisdoingsareindifferenttoyou.

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