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           IwasnowseeingDavidonceatleasteveryweek,hismother,whoremainedculpablyobtusetomysinisterdesign,havinginstructedIrenethatIwastobeallowedtosharehimwithher,andwehadbecomeclosefriends,thoughthelittlenursewaseverathreateningshadowinthebackground.Irene,inshort,didnotimprovewithacquaintance.Ifoundhertobehighandmighty,chiefly,Ithink,becauseshenowworeanurse’scapwithstreamers,ofwhichthelittlecreaturewasludicrouslyproud.Sheassumedtheairsofanofficialperson,andalwaystalkedasifgenerationsofbabieshadpassedthroughherhands.Shewasalsoextremelyjealous,andhadawayofsignifyingdisapprovalofmymethodsthatledtomanycoldnessesandevenbickeringsbetweenus,whichInowseetohavebeenundignified.Ibroughtthefollowingaccusationsagainsther:

           Thatshepratedtoomuchaboutrightandwrong.

           Thatshewasamartinet.

           Thatshepretendeditwasarealcap,withrealstreamers,whensheknewMaryhadmadethewholethingoutofamuslinblind.Iregrethavingusedthisargument,butitwastheonlyonethatreallydampedher.

           Ontheotherhand,sheaccusedmeofspoilinghim.

           Ofnotthinkingofhisfuture.

           Ofneveraskinghimwhereheexpectedtogotoifhedidsuchthings.

           Oftellinghimtalesthathadnomoralapplication.

           Ofsayingthatthehandkerchiefdisappearedintonothingness,whenitreallydisappearedintoasmalltincup,attachedtomypersonbyapieceofelastic.

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