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Chapter 3

           Shelovedeverybody,wasinterestedineverybody’shappiness,quicksightedtoeverybody’smerits;thoughtherselfamostfortunatecreature,andsurroundedwithblessingsinsuchanexcellentmother,andsomanygoodneighboursandfriends,andahomethatwantedfornothing.Thesimplicityandcheerfulnessofhernature,hercontentedandgratefulspirit,werearecommendationtoeverybody,andamineoffelicitytoherself.Shewasagreattalkeruponlittlematters,whichexactlysuitedMr.Woodhouse,fulloftrivialcommunicationsandharmlessgossip.

           Mrs.GoddardwasthemistressofaSchool—notofaseminary,oranestablishment,oranythingwhichprofessed,inlongsentencesofrefinednonsense,tocombineliberalacquirementswithelegantmorality,uponnewprinciplesandnewsystems—andwhereyoungladiesforenormouspaymightbescrewedoutofhealthandintovanity—butareal,honest,old-fashionedBoarding-school,whereareasonablequantityofaccomplishmentsweresoldatareasonableprice,andwheregirlsmightbesenttobeoutoftheway,andscramblethemselvesintoalittleeducation,withoutanydangerofcomingbackprodigies.Mrs.Goddard’sschoolwasinhighrepute—andverydeservedly;forHighburywasreckonedaparticularlyhealthyspot:shehadanamplehouseandgarden,gavethechildrenplentyofwholesomefood,letthemrunaboutagreatdealinthesummer,andinwinterdressedtheirchilblainswithherownhands.Itwasnowonderthatatrainoftwentyyoungcouplenowwalkedafterhertochurch.

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