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In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign

           Thisiscertain,thatiftheworldneglectedMissSharp,sheneverwasknowntohavedoneagoodactioninbehalfofanybody;norcanitbeexpectedthattwenty-fouryoungladiesshouldallbeasamiableastheheroineofthiswork,MissSedley(whomwehaveselectedfortheveryreasonthatshewasthebest-naturedofall,otherwisewhatonearthwastohavepreventedusfromputtingupMissSwartz,orMissCrump,orMissHopkins,asheroineinherplace!)itcouldnotbeexpectedthateveryoneshouldbeofthehumbleandgentletemperofMissAmeliaSedley;shouldtakeeveryopportunitytovanquishRebecca’shard-heartednessandill-humour;and,byathousandkindwordsandoffices,overcome,foronceatleast,herhostilitytoherkind.

           MissSharp’sfatherwasanartist,andinthatqualityhadgivenlessonsofdrawingatMissPinkerton’sschool.Hewasacleverman;apleasantcompanion;acarelessstudent;withagreatpropensityforrunningintodebt,andapartialityforthetavern.Whenhewasdrunk,heusedtobeathiswifeanddaughter;andthenextmorning,withaheadache,hewouldrailattheworldforitsneglectofhisgenius,andabuse,withagooddealofcleverness,andsometimeswithperfectreason,thefools,hisbrotherpainters.Asitwaswiththeutmostdifficultythathecouldkeephimself,andasheowedmoneyforamileroundSoho,wherehelived,hethoughttobetterhiscircumstancesbymarryingayoungwomanoftheFrenchnation,whowasbyprofessionanopera-girl.

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