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

           Flowerdew,fellinlovewithMissSharp;beingshotdeadbyaglanceofhereyeswhichwasfiredallthewayacrossChiswickChurchfromtheschool-pewtothereading-desk.ThisinfatuatedyoungmanusedsometimestotaketeawithMissPinkerton,towhomhehadbeenpresentedbyhismamma,andactuallyproposedsomethinglikemarriageinaninterceptednote,whichtheone-eyedapple-womanwaschargedtodeliver.Mrs.CrispwassummonedfromBuxton,andabruptlycarriedoffherdarlingboy;buttheidea,even,ofsuchaneagleintheChiswickdovecotcausedagreatflutterinthebreastofMissPinkerton,whowouldhavesentawayMissSharpbutthatshewasboundtoherunderaforfeit,andwhonevercouldthoroughlybelievetheyounglady’sprotestationsthatshehadneverexchangedasinglewordwithMr.Crisp,exceptunderherowneyesonthetwooccasionswhenshehadmethimattea.

           Bythesideofmanytallandbouncingyoungladiesintheestablishment,RebeccaSharplookedlikeachild.Butshehadthedismalprecocityofpoverty.Manyadunhadshetalkedto,andturnedawayfromherfather’sdoor;manyatradesmanhadshecoaxedandwheedledintogood-humour,andintothegrantingofonemealmore.Shesatecommonlywithherfather,whowasveryproudofherwit,andheardthetalkofmanyofhiswildcompanionsoftenbutill-suitedforagirltohear.Butsheneverhadbeenagirl,shesaid;shehadbeenawomansinceshewaseightyearsold.

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