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Chapter III

           IntheinterviewwhichfollowedbetweenhimandMrs.Reed,Ipresume,fromafter-occurrences,thattheapothecaryventuredtorecommendmybeingsenttoschool; andtherecommendationwasnodoubtreadilyenoughadopted;forasAbbotsaid,indiscussingthesubjectwithBessiewhenbothsatsewinginthenurseryonenight,afterIwasinbed,and,astheythought,asleep, "Missiswas,shedaredsay,gladenoughtogetridofsuchatiresome,ill-conditionedchild,whoalwayslookedasifshewerewatchingeverybody,andschemingplotsunderhand." Abbot,Ithink,gavemecreditforbeingasortofinfantineGuyFawkes. 

           OnthatsameoccasionIlearned,forthefirsttime,fromMissAbbot’scommunicationstoBessie,thatmyfatherhadbeenapoorclergyman; thatmymotherhadmarriedhimagainstthewishesofherfriends,whoconsideredthematchbeneathher;thatmygrandfatherReedwassoirritatedatherdisobedience,hecutheroffwithoutashilling; thataftermymotherandfatherhadbeenmarriedayear,thelattercaughtthetyphusfeverwhilevisitingamongthepoorofalargemanufacturingtownwherehiscuracywassituated,andwherethatdiseasewasthenprevalent:thatmymothertooktheinfectionfromhim,andbothdiedwithinamonthofeachother. 

           Bessie,whensheheardthisnarrative,sighedandsaid,"PoorMissJaneistobepitied,too,Abbot." 

           "Yes,"respondedAbbot;"ifshewereanice,prettychild,onemightcompassionateherforlornness; butonereallycannotcareforsuchalittletoadasthat." 

           "Notagreatdeal,tobesure,"agreedBessie: "atanyrate,abeautylikeMissGeorgianawouldbemoremovinginthesamecondition." 

           "Yes,IdoatonMissGeorgiana!"criedtheferventAbbot. 

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