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           However,Volumnia,inthecourseofherbird-likehoppingaboutandpeckingatpapers,hasalightedonamemorandumconcerningherselfintheeventof"anythinghappening"toherkinsman,whichishandsomecompensationforanextensivecourseofreadingandholdseventhedragonBoredomatbay.ThecousinsgenerallyarerathershyofChesneyWoldinitsdullness,buttaketoitalittleintheshootingseason,whengunsareheardintheplantations,andafewscatteredbeatersandkeeperswaitattheoldplacesofappointmentforlow-spiritedtwosandthreesofcousins.Thedebilitatedcousin,moredebilitatedbythedrearinessoftheplace,getsintoafearfulstateofdepression,groaningunderpenitentialsofa-pillowsinhisgunlesshoursandprotestingthatsuchfernaloldjail’snought’sewflerupfrever.TheonlygreatoccasionsforVolumniainthischangedaspectoftheplaceinLincolnshirearethoseoccasions,rareandwidelyseparated,whensomethingistobedoneforthecountyorthecountryinthewayofgracingapublicball.Then,indeed,doesthetuckeredsylphcomeoutinfairyformandproceedwithjoyundercousinlyescorttotheexhaustedoldassembly-room,fourteenheavymilesoff,which,duringthreehundredandsixty-fourdaysandnightsofeveryordinaryyear,isakindofantipodeanlumber-roomfullofoldchairsandtablesupsidedown.Then,indeed,doesshecaptivateallheartsbyhercondescension,byhergirlishvivacity,andbyherskippingaboutasinthedayswhenthehideousoldgeneralwiththemouthtoofullofteethhadnotcutoneofthemattwoguineaseach.

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