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The Green Silk Purse

           "It’sevidentthepoordevil’sinlovewithme,"thoughthe."SheisjustasrichasmostofthegirlswhocomeouttoIndia.Imightgofarther,andfareworse,egad!"Andinthesemeditationshefellasleep.

           HowMissSharplayawake,thinking,willhecomeornotto-morrow?neednotbetoldhere.To-morrowcame,and,assureasfate,Mr.JosephSedleymadehisappearancebeforeluncheon.HehadneverbeenknownbeforetoconfersuchanhonouronRussellSquare.GeorgeOsbornewassomehowtherealready(sadly"puttingout"Amelia,whowaswritingtohertwelvedearestfriendsatChiswickMall),andRebeccawasemployeduponheryesterday’swork.AsJoe’sbuggydroveup,andwhile,afterhisusualthunderingknockandpompousbustleatthedoor,theex-CollectorofBoggleyWollahlabouredupstairstothedrawing-room,knowingglancesweretelegraphedbetweenOsborneandMissSedley,andthepair,smilingarchly,lookedatRebecca,whoactuallyblushedasshebentherfairringletsoverherknitting.HowherheartbeatasJosephappearedJoseph,puffingfromthestaircaseinshiningcreakingbootsJoseph,inanewwaistcoat,redwithheatandnervousness,andblushingbehindhiswaddedneckcloth.Itwasanervousmomentforall;andasforAmelia,Ithinkshewasmorefrightenedthaneventhepeoplemostconcerned.

           Sambo,whoflungopenthedoorandannouncedMr.

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