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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

           SheusedtoconsulthimonpassagesofFrenchwhichshecouldnotunderstand,thoughhermotherwasaFrenchwoman,andwhichhewouldconstruetohersatisfaction:and,besidesgivingherhisaidinprofaneliterature,hewaskindenoughtoselectforherbooksofamoreserioustendency,andaddresstohermuchofhisconversation.Sheadmired,beyondmeasure,hisspeechattheQuashimaboo-AidSociety;tookaninterestinhispamphletonmalt:wasoftenaffected,eventotears,byhisdiscoursesofanevening,andwouldsay—"Oh,thankyou,sir,"withasigh,andalookuptoheaven,thatmadehimoccasionallycondescendtoshakehandswithher."Bloodiseverything,afterall,"wouldthataristocraticreligionistsay."HowMissSharpisawakenedbymywords,whennotoneofthepeoplehereistouched.Iamtoofineforthemtoodelicate.Imustfamiliarisemystylebutsheunderstandsit.HermotherwasaMontmorency."

           Indeeditwasfromthisfamousfamily,asitappears,thatMissSharp,bythemother’sside,wasdescended.Ofcourseshedidnotsaythathermotherhadbeenonthestage;itwouldhaveshockedMr.Crawley’sreligiousscruples.Howmanynobleemigreshadthishorridrevolutionplungedinpoverty!Shehadseveralstoriesaboutherancestorsereshehadbeenmanymonthsinthehouse;someofwhichMr.CrawleyhappenedtofindinD’Hozier’sdictionary,whichwasinthelibrary,andwhichstrengthenedhisbeliefintheirtruth,andinthehigh-breedingofRebecca.

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