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Quite a Sentimental Chapter

           

           Butthoughvirtueisamuchfinerthing,andthosehaplesscreatureswhosufferunderthemisfortuneofgoodlooksoughttobecontinuallyputinmindofthefatewhichawaitsthem;andthough,verylikely,theheroicfemalecharacterwhichladiesadmireisamoregloriousandbeautifulobjectthanthekind,fresh,smiling,artless,tenderlittledomesticgoddess,whommenareinclinedtoworshipyetthelatterandinferiorsortofwomenmusthavethisconsolationthatthemendoadmirethemafterall;andthat,inspiteofallourkindfriends’warningsandprotests,wegooninourdesperateerrorandfolly,andshalltotheendofthechapter.Indeed,formyownpart,thoughIhavebeenrepeatedlytoldbypersonsforwhomIhavethegreatestrespect,thatMissBrownisaninsignificantchit,andMrs.Whitehasnothingbutherpetitminoischiffonne,andMrs.Blackhasnotawordtosayforherself;yetIknowthatIhavehadthemostdelightfulconversationswithMrs.Black(ofcourse,mydearMadam,theyareinviolable):IseeallthemeninaclusterroundMrs.White’schair:alltheyoungfellowsbattlingtodancewithMissBrown;andsoIamtemptedtothinkthattobedespisedbyhersexisaverygreatcomplimenttoawoman.

           TheyoungladiesinAmelia’ssocietydidthisforherverysatisfactorily.

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