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           EvenMissPinkerton,thataustereandgodlikewoman,ceasedscoldingherafterthefirsttime,andthoughshenomorecomprehendedsensibilitythanshedidAlgebra,gaveallmastersandteachersparticularorderstotreatMissSedleywiththeutmostgentleness,asharshtreatmentwasinjurioustoher.

           Sothatwhenthedayofdeparturecame,betweenhertwocustomsoflaughingandcrying,MissSedleywasgreatlypuzzledhowtoact.Shewasgladtogohome,andyetmostwoefullysadatleavingschool.Forthreedaysbefore,littleLauraMartin,theorphan,followedheraboutlikealittledog.Shehadtomakeandreceiveatleastfourteenpresentstomakefourteensolemnpromisesofwritingeveryweek:"Sendmylettersundercovertomygrandpapa,theEarlofDexter,"saidMissSaltire(who,bytheway,wasrathershabby)."Nevermindthepostage,butwriteeveryday,youdeardarling,"saidtheimpetuousandwoolly-headed,butgenerousandaffectionateMissSwartz;andtheorphanlittleLauraMartin(whowasjustinround-hand),tookherfriend’shandandsaid,lookingupinherfacewistfully,"Amelia,whenIwritetoyouIshallcallyouMamma."Allwhichdetails,Ihavenodoubt,JONES,whoreadsthisbookathisClub,willpronouncetobeexcessivelyfoolish,trivial,twaddling,andultra-sentimental.Yes;IcanseeJonesatthisminute(ratherflushedwithhisjointofmuttonandhalfpintofwine),takingouthispencilandscoringunderthewords"foolish,twaddling,"&c.,andaddingtothemhisownremarkof"QUITETRUE.

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