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Chapter 1

           Theprideofbeingladieshadsomethingtodowithit:theBrookeconnections,thoughnotexactlyaristocratic,wereunquestionably"good:"ifyouinquiredbackwardforagenerationortwo,youwouldnotfindanyyard-measuringorparcel-tyingforefathersanythinglowerthananadmiraloraclergyman;andtherewasevenanancestordiscernibleasaPuritangentlemanwhoservedunderCromwell,butafterwardsconformed,andmanagedtocomeoutofallpoliticaltroublesastheproprietorofarespectablefamilyestate.Youngwomenofsuchbirth,livinginaquietcountry-house,andattendingavillagechurchhardlylargerthanaparlor,naturallyregardedfripperyastheambitionofahuckster’sdaughter.Thentherewaswell-bredeconomy,whichinthosedaysmadeshowindressthefirstitemtobedeductedfrom,whenanymarginwasrequiredforexpensesmoredistinctiveofrank.Suchreasonswouldhavebeenenoughtoaccountforplaindress,quiteapartfromreligiousfeeling;butinMissBrooke’scase,religionalonewouldhavedeterminedit;andCeliamildlyacquiescedinallhersister’ssentiments,onlyinfusingthemwiththatcommon-sensewhichisabletoacceptmomentousdoctrineswithoutanyeccentricagitation.DorotheaknewmanypassagesofPascal’sPenseesandofJeremyTaylorbyheart;andtoherthedestiniesofmankind,seenbythelightofChristianity,madethesolicitudesoffemininefashionappearanoccupationforBedlam.

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