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Contains a Vulgar Incident

           

           Iknowfewthingsmoreaffectingthanthattimorousdebasementandself-humiliationofawoman.Howsheownsthatitissheandnotthemanwhoisguilty;howshetakesallthefaultsonherside;howshecourtsinamannerpunishmentforthewrongswhichshehasnotcommittedandpersistsinshieldingtherealculprit!Itisthosewhoinjurewomenwhogetthemostkindnessfromthemtheyareborntimidandtyrantsandmaltreatthosewhoarehumblestbeforethem.

           SopoorAmeliahadbeengettingreadyinsilentmiseryforherson’sdeparture,andhadpassedmanyandmanyalongsolitaryhourinmakingpreparationsfortheend.Georgestoodbyhismother,watchingherarrangementswithouttheleastconcern.Tearshadfallenintohisboxes;passageshadbeenscoredinhisfavouritebooks;oldtoys,relics,treasureshadbeenhoardedawayforhim,andpackedwithstrangeneatnessandcareandofallthesethingstheboytooknonote.Thechildgoesawaysmilingasthemotherbreaksherheart.Byheavensitispitiful,thebootlessloveofwomenforchildreninVanityFair.

           Afewdaysarepast,andthegreateventofAmelia’slifeisconsummated.Noangelhasintervened.Thechildissacrificedandoffereduptofate,andthewidowisquitealone.

           Theboycomestoseeheroften,tobesure.Heridesonaponywithacoachmanbehindhim,tothedelightofhisoldgrandfather,Sedley,whowalksproudlydownthelanebyhisside.Sheseeshim,butheisnotherboyanymore.

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