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Chapter 6

           Cadwalladerinquireintothecomprehensivenessofherownbeautifulviews,andbequitesurethattheyaffordaccommodationforalltheliveswhichhavethehonortocoexistwithhers.

           Withsuchamind,activeasphosphorus,bitingeverythingthatcamenearintotheformthatsuitedit,howcouldMrs.CadwalladerfeelthattheMissBrookesandtheirmatrimonialprospectswerealientoher?especiallyasithadbeenthehabitofyearsforhertoscoldMr.Brookewiththefriendliestfrankness,andlethimknowinconfidencethatshethoughthimapoorcreature.FromthefirstarrivaloftheyoungladiesinTiptonshehadprearrangedDorothea’smarriagewithSirJames,andifithadtakenplacewouldhavebeenquitesurethatitwasherdoing:thatitshouldnottakeplaceaftershehadpreconceivedit,causedheranirritationwhicheverythinkerwillsympathizewith.ShewasthediplomatistofTiptonandFreshitt,andforanythingtohappeninspiteofherwasanoffensiveirregularity.AstofreakslikethisofMissBrooke’s,Mrs.Cadwalladerhadnopatiencewiththem,andnowsawthatheropinionofthisgirlhadbeeninfectedwithsomeofherhusband’sweakcharitableness:thoseMethodisticalwhims,thatairofbeingmorereligiousthantherectorandcuratetogether,camefromadeeperandmoreconstitutionaldiseasethanshehadbeenwillingtobelieve.

           "However,"saidMrs.

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