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In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company

           Wehavesaid,thereweretimeswhenshebelievedherselftobeafineladyandforgotthattherewasnomoneyinthechestathomedunsroundthegate,tradesmentocoaxandwheedlenogroundtowalkupon,inaword.AndasshewenttoCourtinthecarriage,thefamilycarriage,sheadoptedademeanoursogrand,self-satisfied,deliberate,andimposingthatitmadeevenLadyJanelaugh.Shewalkedintotheroyalapartmentswithatossoftheheadwhichwouldhavebefittedanempress,andIhavenodoubthadshebeenone,shewouldhavebecomethecharacterperfectly.

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