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Arcadian Simplicity

           WhenMissCrawleyarrivesthereisnosuchthingasquarrellingheardoftheHallvisitstheRectory,andviceversatheparsonandtheBaronettalkaboutthepigsandthepoachers,andthecountybusiness,inthemostaffablemanner,andwithoutquarrellingintheircups,IbelieveindeedMissCrawleywon’thearoftheirquarrelling,andvowsthatshewillleavehermoneytotheShropshireCrawleysiftheyoffendher.Iftheywerecleverpeople,thoseShropshireCrawleys,theymighthaveitall,Ithink;buttheShropshireCrawleyisaclergymanlikehisHampshirecousin,andmortallyoffendedMissCrawley(whohadfledthitherinafitofrageagainstherimpracticablebrethren)bysomestrait-lacednotionsofmorality.Hewouldhaveprayersinthehouse,Ibelieve.

           OursermonbooksareshutupwhenMissCrawleyarrives,andMr.Pitt,whomsheabominates,findsitconvenienttogototown.Ontheotherhand,theyoungdandy—"blood,"Ibelieve,isthetermCaptainCrawleymakeshisappearance,andIsupposeyouwillliketoknowwhatsortofapersonheis.

           Well,heisaverylargeyoungdandy.Heissixfeethigh,andspeakswithagreatvoice;andswearsagreatdeal;andordersabouttheservants,whoalladorehimnevertheless;forheisverygenerousofhismoney,andthedomesticswilldoanythingforhim.

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