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Rebecca Is in Presence of the Enemy

           

           IfMissRebeccaSharphaddeterminedinherheartuponmakingtheconquestofthisbigbeau,Idon’tthink,ladies,wehaveanyrighttoblameher;forthoughthetaskofhusband-huntingisgenerally,andwithbecomingmodesty,entrustedbyyoungpersonstotheirmammas,recollectthatMissSharphadnokindparenttoarrangethesedelicatemattersforher,andthatifshedidnotgetahusbandforherself,therewasnooneelseinthewideworldwhowouldtakethetroubleoffherhands.Whatcausesyoungpeopleto"comeout,"butthenobleambitionofmatrimony?Whatsendsthemtroopingtowatering-places?Whatkeepsthemdancingtillfiveo’clockinthemorningthroughawholemortalseason?Whatcausesthemtolabouratpianofortesonatas,andtolearnfoursongsfromafashionablemasterataguineaalesson,andtoplaytheharpiftheyhavehandsomearmsandneatelbows,andtowearLincolnGreentoxophilitehatsandfeathers,butthattheymaybringdownsome"desirable"youngmanwiththosekillingbowsandarrowsoftheirs?Whatcausesrespectableparentstotakeuptheircarpets,settheirhousestopsy-turvy,andspendafifthoftheiryear’sincomeinballsuppersandicedchampagne?Isitsheerloveoftheirspecies,andanunadulteratedwishtoseeyoungpeoplehappyanddancing?Psha!theywanttomarrytheirdaughters;and,ashonestMrs.

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