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”Itwasseeingbluehydrangeasthatmadeherthinkofhimandtheolddays—SallySeton,ofcourse!ItwasSallySeton—thelastpersonintheworldonewouldhaveexpectedtomarryarichmanandliveinalargehousenearManchester,thewild,thedaring,theromanticSally!
Butofallthatancientlot,Clarissa’sfriends—Whitbreads,Kinderleys,Cunninghams,Kinloch-Jones’s—Sallywasprobablythebest.Shetriedtogetholdofthingsbytherightendanyhow.ShesawthroughHughWhitbreadanyhow—theadmirableHugh—whenClarissaandtherestwereathisfeet.
“TheWhitbreads?”hecouldhearhersaying.“WhoaretheWhitbreads?Coalmerchants.Respectabletradespeople.”
Hughshedetestedforsomereason.Hethoughtofnothingbuthisownappearance,shesaid.HeoughttohavebeenaDuke.HewouldbecertaintomarryoneoftheRoyalPrincesses.AndofcourseHughhadthemostextraordinary,themostnatural,themostsublimerespectfortheBritisharistocracyofanyhumanbeinghehadevercomeacross.EvenClarissahadtoownthat.Oh,buthewassuchadear,sounselfish,gaveupshootingtopleasehisoldmother—rememberedhisaunts’birthdays,andsoon.
Sally,todoherjustice,sawthroughallthat.
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