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XXIV. The Same Night—The Fir Plantation

           However,hewastedhisgiftedlot,andlistedasoldier;buteventhenherosetobeasergeantwithouttryingatall.Ah!suchablessingitistobehigh-born;nobilityofbloodwillshineoutevenintheranksandfiles.Andishereallycomehome,miss?"

           "Ibelieveso.Good-night,Liddy."

           Afterall,howcouldacheerfulwearerofskirtsbepermanentlyoffendedwiththeman?ThereareoccasionswhengirlslikeBathshebawillputupwithagreatdealofunconventionalbehaviour.Whentheywanttobepraised,whichisoften,whentheywanttobemastered,whichissometimes;andwhentheywantnononsense,whichisseldom.JustnowthefirstfeelingwasintheascendantwithBathsheba,withadashofthesecond.Moreover,bychanceorbydevilry,theministrantwasantecedentlymadeinterestingbybeingahandsomestrangerwhohadevidentlyseenbetterdays.

           Soshecouldnotclearlydecidewhetheritwasheropinionthathehadinsultedherornot.

           "Waseveranythingsoodd!"sheatlastexclaimedtoherself,inherownroom."AndwaseveranythingsomeanlydoneaswhatIdidtoskulkawaylikethatfromamanwhowasonlycivilandkind!"Clearlyshedidnotthinkhisbarefacedpraiseofherpersonaninsultnow.

           ItwasafatalomissionofBoldwood’sthathehadneveroncetoldhershewasbeautiful.

           

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