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           Yousee,shehasnothadtoomuchofthatsortofexistenceasyet,andhasnotfalleninthewayofmeanstoeducatehertastesorherintelligence.Shehasbeendomineeredoverhithertobyvulgarintellects.Itisthelotofmanyawoman.Andaseveryoneofthedearsexistherivaloftherestofherkind,timiditypassesforfollyintheircharitablejudgments;andgentlenessfordulness;andsilencewhichisbuttimiddenialoftheunwelcomeassertionofrulingfolks,andtacitprotestantismaboveall,findsnomercyatthehandsofthefemaleInquisition.Thus,mydearandcivilizedreader,ifyouandIweretofindourselvesthiseveninginasocietyofgreengrocers,letussay,itisprobablethatourconversationwouldnotbebrilliant;if,ontheotherhand,agreengrocershouldfindhimselfatyourrefinedandpolitetea-table,whereeverybodywassayingwittythings,andeverybodyoffashionandreputetearingherfriendstopiecesinthemostdelightfulmanner,itispossiblethatthestrangerwouldnotbeverytalkativeandbynomeansinterestingorinterested.

           Anditmustberememberedthatthispoorladyhadnevermetagentlemaninherlifeuntilthispresentmoment.Perhapsthesearerarerpersonagesthansomeofusthinkfor.

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