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Chapter 28

           Themuchprated-of‘kindnessofheart’and‘generosity’possessedbymillionaires,generallyamountstothiskindofthing—andwhen,ifidlystrollingaboutmyparklands,Ihappenedtomeetthesmallchildofmylodge-keeper,andthenandtherebestowedsixpenceuponit,IalmostfeltasifIdeservedathroneinHeavenattherighthandoftheAlmighty,sogreatwasmyappreciationofmyowngood-nature.Sibyl,however,neveraffectedthissortofcounty-magnatebeneficence.Shedidnothingatallamongourpoorneighbours;—theclergymanofthedistrictunfortunatelyhappenedtoletsliponedayafewwordstotheeffectthat"therewasnogreatwantofanythingamonghisparishioners,owingtothecontinualkindnessandattentionofMissClare,"—andSibylneverfromthatmomentprofferedanyassistance.NowandthenshetookhergracefulpersonintoLilyCottageandsatwithitshappyandstudiousoccupantforanhour—andoccasionallythefairauthorherselfcameanddinedwithus,orhad‘afternoontea’underthebranchingelmsonthelawn—butevenI,intenseegotistasIwas,couldseethatMaviswasscarcelyherselfontheseoccasions.

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