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Chiswick Mall

           Billington,anddancelikeHillisbergorParisot;andembroiderbeautifully;andspellaswellasaDixonaryitself;butshehadsuchakindly,smiling,tender,gentle,generousheartofherown,aswontheloveofeverybodywhocamenearher,fromMinervaherselfdowntothepoorgirlinthescullery,andtheone-eyedtart-woman’sdaughter,whowaspermittedtovendherwaresonceaweektotheyoungladiesintheMall.Shehadtwelveintimateandbosomfriendsoutofthetwenty-fouryoungladies.EvenenviousMissBriggsneverspokeillofher;highandmightyMissSaltire(LordDexter’sgranddaughter)allowedthatherfigurewasgenteel;andasforMissSwartz,therichwoolly-hairedmulattofromSt.Kitt’s,onthedayAmeliawentaway,shewasinsuchapassionoftearsthattheywereobligedtosendforDr.Floss,andhalftipsifyherwithsalvolatile.MissPinkerton’sattachmentwas,asmaybesupposedfromthehighpositionandeminentvirtuesofthatlady,calmanddignified;butMissJemimahadalreadywhimperedseveraltimesattheideaofAmelia’sdeparture;and,butforfearofhersister,wouldhavegoneoffindownrighthysterics,liketheheiress(whopaiddouble)ofSt.Kitt’s.Suchluxuryofgrief,however,isonlyallowedtoparlour-boarders.HonestJemimahadallthebills,andthewashing,andthemending,andthepuddings,andtheplateandcrockery,andtheservantstosuperintend.

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