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Contains a Vulgar Incident

           "Don’twant’em,"saysone."Beoff,"saysanotherfiercely.Three-and-sixpencehasbeenspentinvainthescreensretiretoMissClapp’sbedroom,whopersistsinthinkingthemlovely.

           Shewritesoutalittlecardinherneatesthand,andafterlongthoughtandlabourofcomposition,inwhichthepublicisinformedthat"ALadywhohassometimeatherdisposal,wishestoundertaketheeducationofsomelittlegirls,whomshewouldinstructinEnglish,inFrench,inGeography,inHistory,andinMusicaddressA.O.,atMr.Brown’s";andsheconfidesthecardtothegentlemanoftheFineArtRepository,whoconsentstoallowittolieuponthecounter,whereitgrowsdingyandfly-blown.Ameliapassesthedoorwistfullymanyatime,inhopesthatMr.Brownwillhavesomenewstogiveher,butheneverbeckonsherin.Whenshegoestomakelittlepurchases,thereisnonewsforher.Poorsimplelady,tenderandweakhowareyoutobattlewiththestrugglingviolentworld?

           Shegrowsdailymorecare-wornandsad,fixinguponherchildalarmedeyes,whereofthelittleboycannotinterprettheexpression.Shestartsupofanightandpeepsintohisroomstealthily,toseethatheissleepingandnotstolenaway.Shesleepsbutlittlenow.Aconstantthoughtandterrorishauntingher.Howsheweepsandpraysinthelongsilentnightshowshetriestohidefromherselfthethoughtwhichwillreturntoher,thatsheoughttopartwiththeboy,thatsheistheonlybarrierbetweenhimandprosperity.

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