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Chapter 20. Moving in Society

           Immediatelyafterwhich,asprightlygentlemanwithaquantityoflongblackhairlookedroundabeamontheright,andsaid,‘Lessnoisethere,darlings!’andalsodisappeared.

           ‘Thenotionofyouamongprofessionals,Amy,isreallythelastthingIcouldhaveconceived!’saidhersister.‘Why,howdidyouevergethere?’

           ‘Idon’tknow.TheladywhotoldyouIwashere,wassogoodastobringmein.’

           ‘Likeyouquietlittlethings!Youcanmakeyourwayanywhere,Ibelieve.Icouldn’thavemanagedit,Amy,thoughIknowsomuchmoreoftheworld.’

           Itwasthefamilycustomtolayitdownasfamilylaw,thatshewasaplaindomesticlittlecreature,withoutthegreatandsageexperienceoftherest.Thisfamilyfictionwasthefamilyassertionofitselfagainstherservices.Nottomaketoomuchofthem.

           ‘Well!Andwhathaveyougotonyourmind,Amy?Ofcourseyouhavegotsomethingonyourmindaboutme?’saidFanny.Shespokeasifhersister,betweentwoandthreeyearsherjunior,wereherprejudicedgrandmother.

           ‘Itisnotmuch;butsinceyoutoldmeoftheladywhogaveyouthebracelet,Fanny—’

           Themonotonousboyputhisheadroundthebeamontheleft,andsaid,‘Lookoutthere,ladies!’anddisappeared.Thesprightlygentlemanwiththeblackhairassuddenlyputhisheadroundthebeamontheright,andsaid,‘Lookoutthere,darlings!’andalsodisappeared.Thereuponalltheyoungladiesroseandbeganshakingtheirskirtsoutbehind.

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