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Arcadian Simplicity

           Mydreadis,lesttheprinciplesofthemotherwhowasrepresentedtomeasaFrenchCountess,forcedtoemigrateinthelaterevolutionaryhorrors;butwho,asIhavesincefound,wasapersonoftheverylowestorderandmoralsshouldatanytimeprovetobeHEREDITARYintheunhappyyoungwomanwhomItookasANOUTCAST.Butherprincipleshavehithertobeencorrect(Ibelieve),andIamsurenothingwilloccurtoinjurethemintheelegantandrefinedcircleoftheeminentSirPittCrawley.

           MissRebeccaSharptoMissAmeliaSedley.

           IhavenotwrittentomybelovedAmeliaforthesemanyweekspast,forwhatnewswastheretotellofthesayingsanddoingsatHumdrumHall,asIhavechristenedit;andwhatdoyoucarewhethertheturnipcropisgoodorbad;whetherthefatpigweighedthirteenstoneorfourteen;andwhetherthebeaststhrivewelluponmangelwurzel?EverydaysinceIlastwrotehasbeenlikeitsneighbour.Beforebreakfast,awalkwithSirPittandhisspud;afterbreakfaststudies(suchastheyare)intheschoolroom;afterschoolroom,readingandwritingaboutlawyers,leases,coal-mines,canals,withSirPitt(whosesecretaryIambecome);afterdinner,Mr.Crawley’sdiscoursesonthebaronet’sbackgammon;duringbothofwhichamusementsmyladylooksonwithequalplacidity.Shehasbecomerathermoreinterestingbybeingailingoflate,whichhasbroughtanewvisitortotheHall,inthepersonofayoungdoctor.Well,mydear,youngwomenneedneverdespair.

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