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Quite a Sentimental Chapter

           Ameliahadthehousetoherselfah!toomuchtoherselfsometimesnotthatsheeverdoubted;for,tobesure,GeorgemustbeattheHorseGuards;andhecan’talwaysgetleavefromChatham;andhemustseehisfriendsandsisters,andmingleinsocietywhenintown(he,suchanornamenttoeverysociety!);andwhenheiswiththeregiment,heistootiredtowritelongletters.IknowwhereshekeptthatpacketshehadandcanstealinandoutofherchamberlikeIachimolikeIachimo?Nothatisabadpart.IwillonlyactMoonshine,andpeepharmlessintothebedwherefaithandbeautyandinnocenceliedreaming.

           ButifOsborne’swereshortandsoldierlikeletters,itmustbeconfessed,thatwereMissSedley’sletterstoMr.Osbornetobepublished,weshouldhavetoextendthisnoveltosuchamultiplicityofvolumesasnotthemostsentimentalreadercouldsupport;thatshenotonlyfilledsheetsoflargepaper,butcrossedthemwiththemostastonishingperverseness;thatshewrotewholepagesoutofpoetry-bookswithouttheleastpity;thatsheunderlinedwordsandpassageswithquiteafranticemphasis;and,infine,gavetheusualtokensofhercondition.Shewasn’taheroine.Herletterswerefullofrepetition.Shewroteratherdoubtfulgrammarsometimes,andinherversestookallsortsoflibertieswiththemetre

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