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Chapter XXXIV

           Shecouldnotbutsmiletoseethegraciousnessofbothmotheranddaughtertowardstheveryperson—forLucywasparticularlydistinguished—whomofallothers,hadtheyknownasmuchasshedid,theywouldhavebeenmostanxioustomortify;whilesheherself,whohadcomparativelynopowertowoundthem,satpointedlyslightedbyboth.Butwhileshesmiledatagraciousnesssomisapplied,shecouldnotreflectonthemean-spiritedfollyfromwhichitsprung,norobservethestudiedattentionswithwhichtheMissSteelescourteditscontinuance,withoutthoroughlydespisingthemallfour.

           Lucywasallexultationonbeingsohonorablydistinguished;andMissSteelewantedonlytobeteazedaboutDr.Daviestobeperfectlyhappy.

           Thedinnerwasagrandone,theservantswerenumerous,andeverythingbespoketheMistress’sinclinationforshow,andtheMaster’sabilitytosupportit.InspiteoftheimprovementsandadditionswhichweremakingtotheNorlandestate,andinspiteofitsownerhavingoncebeenwithinsomethousandpoundsofbeingobligedtoselloutataloss,nothinggaveanysymptomofthatindigencewhichhehadtriedtoinferfromit;—nopovertyofanykind,exceptofconversation,appeared—butthere,thedeficiencywasconsiderable.JohnDashwoodhadnotmuchtosayforhimselfthatwasworthhearing,andhiswifehadstillless.

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