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Arcadian Simplicity

           TheCaptainhadlighteduponherinahalf-hundredofcorridorsandpassages.TheCaptainhadhungoverherpianotwentytimesofanevening(myLadywasnowupstairs,beingill,andnobodyheededher)asMissSharpsang.TheCaptainhadwrittenhernotes(thebestthatthegreatblunderingdragooncoulddeviseandspell;butdulnessgetsonaswellasanyotherqualitywithwomen).Butwhenheputthefirstofthenotesintotheleavesofthesongshewassinging,thelittlegoverness,risingandlookinghimsteadilyintheface,tookupthetriangularmissivedaintily,andwaveditaboutasifitwereacockedhat,andshe,advancingtotheenemy,poppedthenoteintothefire,andmadehimaverylowcurtsey,andwentbacktoherplace,andbegantosingawayagainmoremerrilythanever.

           "What’sthat?"saidMissCrawley,interruptedinherafter-dinnerdozebythestoppageofthemusic.

           "It’safalsenote,"MissSharpsaidwithalaugh;andRawdonCrawleyfumedwithrageandmortification.

           SeeingtheevidentpartialityofMissCrawleyforthenewgoverness,howgooditwasofMrs.ButeCrawleynottobejealous,andtowelcometheyoungladytotheRectory,andnotonlyher,butRawdonCrawley,herhusband’srivalintheOldMaid’sfivepercents!Theybecameveryfondofeachother’ssociety,Mrs.Crawleyandhernephew.

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