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Quite a Sentimental Chapter

           IknowtheMissesOsbornewereexcellentcriticsofaCashmereshawl,orapinksatinslip;andwhenMissTurnerhadhersdyedpurple,andmadeintoaspencer;andwhenMissPickfordhadhererminetippettwistedintoamuffandtrimmings,Iwarrantyouthechangesdidnotescapethetwointelligentyoungwomenbeforementioned.Buttherearethings,lookyou,ofafinertexturethanfurorsatin,andallSolomon’sglories,andallthewardrobeoftheQueenofShebathingswhereofthebeautyescapestheeyesofmanyconnoisseurs.Andtherearesweetmodestlittlesoulsonwhichyoulight,fragrantandbloomingtenderlyinquietshadyplaces;andtherearegarden-ornaments,asbigasbrasswarming-pans,thatarefittostarethesunitselfoutofcountenance.MissSedleywasnotofthesunflowersort;andIsayitisoutoftherulesofallproportiontodrawavioletofthesizeofadoubledahlia.

           No,indeed;thelifeofagoodyounggirlwhoisinthepaternalnestasyet,can’thavemanyofthosethrillingincidentstowhichtheheroineofromancecommonlylaysclaim.Snaresorshotmaytakeofftheoldbirdsforagingwithouthawksmaybeabroad,fromwhichtheyescapeorbywhomtheysuffer;buttheyoungonesinthenesthaveaprettycomfortableunromanticsortofexistenceinthedownandthestraw,tillitcomestotheirturn,too,togetonthewing.

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