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Chapter 27. Five-and-Twenty

           Itwasverycurioustoseethemstandingtogether:thegirlwithherdisengagedfingersplaitingthebosomofherdress,halfirresolutely,halfpassionately;MissWadewithhercomposedfaceattentivelyregardingher,andsuggestingtoanobserver,withextraordinaryforce,inhercomposureitself(asaveilwillsuggesttheformitcovers),theunquenchablepassionofherownnature.

           ‘Seehere,’shesaid,inthesamelevelwayasbefore.‘Hereisyourpatron,yourmaster.Heiswillingtotakeyouback,mydear,ifyouaresensibleofthefavourandchoosetogo.Youcanbe,again,afoiltohisprettydaughter,aslavetoherpleasantwilfulness,andatoyinthehouseshowingthegoodnessofthefamily.Youcanhaveyourdrollnameagain,playfullypointingyououtandsettingyouapart,asitisrightthatyoushouldbepointedoutandsetapart.(Yourbirth,youknow;youmustnotforgetyourbirth.)Youcanagainbeshowntothisgentleman’sdaughter,Harriet,andkeptbeforeher,asalivingreminderofherownsuperiorityandhergraciouscondescension.YoucanrecoveralltheseadvantagesandmanymoreofthesamekindwhichIdaresaystartupinyourmemorywhileIspeak,andwhichyouloseintakingrefugewithme—youcanrecoverthemallbytellingthesegentlemenhowhumbledandpenitentyouare,andbygoingbacktothemtobeforgiven.

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