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           Crupp’sdaughterindisguise,wehadsuchanawfultimeofitwithMaryAnne.

           HernamewasParagon.Hernaturewasrepresentedtous,whenweengagedher,asbeingfeeblyexpressedinhername.Shehadawrittencharacter,aslargeasaproclamation;and,accordingtothisdocument,coulddoeverythingofadomesticnaturethateverIheardof,andagreatmanythingsthatIneverdidhearof.Shewasawomanintheprimeoflife;ofaseverecountenance;andsubject(particularlyinthearms)toasortofperpetualmeaslesorfieryrash.ShehadacousinintheLife-Guards,withsuchlonglegsthathelookedliketheafternoonshadowofsomebodyelse.Hisshell-jacketwasasmuchtoolittleforhimashewastoobigforthepremises.Hemadethecottagesmallerthanitneedhavebeen,bybeingsoverymuchoutofproportiontoit.Besideswhich,thewallswerenotthick,and,wheneverhepassedtheeveningatourhouse,wealwaysknewofitbyhearingonecontinualgrowlinthekitchen.

           Ourtreasurewaswarrantedsoberandhonest.Iamthereforewillingtobelievethatshewasinafitwhenwefoundherundertheboiler;andthatthedeficienttea-spoonswereattributabletothedustman.

           Butshepreyeduponourmindsdreadfully.Wefeltourinexperience,andwereunabletohelpourselves.Weshouldhavebeenathermercy,ifshehadhadany;butshewasaremorselesswoman,andhadnone.Shewasthecauseofourfirstlittlequarrel.

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