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Chapter 36

           Letnotthelightscornersoffemalefascinationerecttheirearstolistentoanewtaleoflovewhichshallservethemforajest;forMissBrass,howeveraccuratelyformedtobebeloved,wasnotofthelovingkind.Thatamiablevirgin,havingclungtotheskirtsoftheLawfromherearliestyouth;havingsustainedherselfbytheiraid,asitwere,inherfirstrunningalone,andmaintainedafirmgraspuponthemeversince;hadpassedherlifeinakindoflegalchildhood.Shehadbeenremarkable,whenatenderprattlerforanuncommontalentincounterfeitingthewalkandmannerofabailiff:inwhichcharactershehadlearnedtotapherlittleplayfellowsontheshoulder,andtocarrythemofftoimaginarysponging-houses,withacorrectnessofimitationwhichwasthesurpriseanddelightofallwhowitnessedherperformances,andwhichwasonlytobeexceededbyherexquisitemannerofputtinganexecutionintoherdoll’shouse,andtakinganexactinventoryofthechairsandtables.Theseartlesssportshadnaturallysoothedandcheeredthedeclineofherwidowedfather:amostexemplarygentleman(called‘oldFoxey’byhisfriendsfromhisextremesagacity,)whoencouragedthemtotheutmost,andwhosechiefregret,onfindingthathedrewneartoHoundsditchchurchyard,was,thathisdaughtercouldnottakeoutanattorney’scertificateandholdaplaceupontheroll.

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