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Chapter 8

           

           "Ideclare,IdonotknowwhenIhaveheardanythingthathasgivenmemoresatisfaction!ItalwayshasquitehurtmethatJaneFairfax,whoplayssodelightfully,shouldnothaveaninstrument.Itseemedquiteashame,especiallyconsideringhowmanyhousestherearewherefineinstrumentsareabsolutelythrownaway.Thisislikegivingourselvesaslap,tobesure!anditwasbutyesterdayIwastellingMr.Cole,Ireallywasashamedtolookatournewgrandpianoforteinthedrawing-room,whileIdonotknowonenotefromanother,andourlittlegirls,whoarebutjustbeginning,perhapsmaynevermakeanythingofit;andthereispoorJaneFairfax,whoismistressofmusic,hasnotanythingofthenatureofaninstrument,noteventhepitifullestoldspinetintheworld,toamuseherselfwith.IwassayingthistoMr.Colebutyesterday,andhequiteagreedwithme;onlyheissoparticularlyfondofmusicthathecouldnothelpindulginghimselfinthepurchase,hopingthatsomeofourgoodneighboursmightbesoobligingoccasionallytoputittoabetterusethanwecan;andthatreallyisthereasonwhytheinstrumentwasboughtorelseIamsureweoughttobeashamedofit.WeareingreathopesthatMissWoodhousemaybeprevailedwithtotryitthisevening."

           MissWoodhousemadetheproperacquiescence;andfindingthatnothingmorewastobeentrappedfromanycommunicationofMrs.Cole’s,turnedtoFrankChurchill.

           "Whydoyousmile?"saidshe.

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