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Quite a Sentimental Chapter

           Aftereveryoneofhervisits(andohhowgladshewaswhentheywereover!)MissOsborneandMissMariaOsborne,andMissWirt,thevestalgoverness,askedeachotherwithincreasedwonder,"WhatcouldGeorgefindinthatcreature?"

           Howisthis?somecarpingreaderexclaims.HowisitthatAmelia,whohadsuchanumberoffriendsatschool,andwassobelovedthere,comesoutintotheworldandisspurnedbyherdiscriminatingsex?Mydearsir,therewerenomenatMissPinkerton’sestablishmentexcepttheolddancing-master;andyouwouldnothavehadthegirlsfalloutaboutHIM?WhenGeorge,theirhandsomebrother,ranoffdirectlyafterbreakfast,anddinedfromhomehalf-a-dozentimesaweek,nowondertheneglectedsistersfeltalittlevexation.WhenyoungBullock(ofthefirmofHulker,Bullock&Co.,Bankers,LombardStreet),whohadbeenmakinguptoMissMariathelasttwoseasons,actuallyaskedAmeliatodancethecotillon,couldyouexpectthattheformeryoungladyshouldbepleased?Andyetshesaidshewas,likeanartlessforgivingcreature."I’msodelightedyoulikedearAmelia,"shesaidquiteeagerlytoMr.Bullockafterthedance."She’sengagedtomybrotherGeorge;there’snotmuchinher,butshe’sthebest-naturedandmostunaffectedyoungcreature:athomewe’reallsofondofher.

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