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Meg Goes to Vanity Fair

           Butshebeggedsohard,andSalliehadpromisedtotakegoodcareofher,andalittlepleasureseemedsodelightfulafterawinterofirksomeworkthatthemotheryielded,andthedaughterwenttotakeherfirsttasteoffashionablelife.

           TheMoffatswereveryfashionable,andsimpleMegwasratherdaunted,atfirst,bythesplendorofthehouseandtheeleganceofitsoccupants.Buttheywerekindlypeople,inspiteofthefrivolouslifetheyled,andsoonputtheirguestatherease.PerhapsMegfelt,withoutunderstandingwhy,thattheywerenotparticularlycultivatedorintelligentpeople,andthatalltheirgildingcouldnotquiteconcealtheordinarymaterialofwhichtheyweremade.Itcertainlywasagreeabletofaresumptuously,driveinafinecarriage,wearherbestfrockeveryday,anddonothingbutenjoyherself.Itsuitedherexactly,andsoonshebegantoimitatethemannersandconversationofthoseabouther,toputonlittleairsandgraces,useFrenchphrases,crimpherhair,takeinherdresses,andtalkaboutthefashionsaswellasshecould.ThemoreshesawofAnnieMoffat’sprettythings,themoresheenviedherandsighedtoberich.Homenowlookedbareanddismalasshethoughtofit,workgrewharderthanever,andshefeltthatshewasaverydestituteandmuch-injuredgirl,inspiteofthenewglovesandsilkstockings.

           Shehadnotmuchtimeforrepining,however,forthethreeyounggirlswerebusilyemployedin‘havingagoodtime’.

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