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The Green Silk Purse

           Osbornehintedthatheshouldlikequiteaswelltositinthedark;butMissSedley,laughing,declinedtobearhimcompanyanyfarther,andthetwoaccordinglyfollowedMr.Joseph.Rebeccasangfarbetterthanherfriend(thoughofcourseOsbornewasfreetokeephisopinion),andexertedherselftotheutmost,and,indeed,tothewonderofAmelia,whohadneverknownherperformsowell.ShesangaFrenchsong,whichJosephdidnotunderstandintheleast,andwhichGeorgeconfessedhedidnotunderstand,andthenanumberofthosesimpleballadswhichwerethefashionfortyyearsago,andinwhichBritishtars,ourKing,poorSusan,blue-eyedMary,andthelike,weretheprincipalthemes.Theyarenot,itissaid,verybrilliant,inamusicalpointofview,butcontainnumberlessgood-natured,simpleappealstotheaffections,whichpeopleunderstoodbetterthanthemilk-and-waterlagrime,sospiri,andfelicitaoftheeternalDonizettianmusicwithwhichwearefavourednow-a-days.

           Conversationofasentimentalsort,befittingthesubject,wascarriedonbetweenthesongs,towhichSambo,afterhehadbroughtthetea,thedelightedcook,andevenMrs.Blenkinsop,thehousekeeper,condescendedtolistenonthelanding-place.

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