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           ShegaveGeorgethequeerest,knowingestlook,whentheyweretogether,alookwhichmighthavebeeninterpreted,"Don’tyouseethestateofaffairs,andwhatafoolI’mmakingofhim?"Buthedidnotperceiveit.Hewasthinkingofhisownplans,andlostinpompousadmirationofhisownirresistiblepowersofpleasing.

           ThecursestowhichtheGeneralgavealowutterance,assoonasRebeccaandherconquerorhadquittedhim,weresodeep,thatIamsurenocompositorwouldventuretoprintthemweretheywrittendown.TheycamefromtheGeneral’sheart;andawonderfulthingitistothinkthatthehumanheartiscapableofgeneratingsuchproduce,andcanthrowout,asoccasiondemands,suchasupplyoflustandfury,rageandhatred.

           Amelia’sgentleeyes,too,hadbeenfixedanxiouslyonthepair,whoseconducthadsochafedthejealousGeneral;butwhenRebeccaenteredherbox,sheflewtoherfriendwithanaffectionaterapturewhichshoweditself,inspiteofthepublicityoftheplace;forsheembracedherdearestfriendinthepresenceofthewholehouse,atleastinfullviewoftheGeneral’sglass,nowbroughttobearupontheOsborneparty.Mrs.RawdonsalutedJos,too,withthekindliestgreeting:sheadmiredMrs.O’Dowd’slargeCairngormbroochandsuperbIrishdiamonds,andwouldn’tbelievethattheywerenotfromGolcondadirect.Shebustled,shechattered,sheturnedandtwisted,andsmileduponone,andsmirkedonanother,allinfullviewofthejealousopera-glassopposite.

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