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In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign

           OnceRebeccahadthehonourtopassafewdaysatChiswick;afterwhichshebroughtbackJemima,anderectedanotherdollasMissJemmy:forthoughthathonestcreaturehadmadeandgivenherjellyandcakeenoughforthreechildren,andaseven-shillingpieceatparting,thegirl’ssenseofridiculewasfarstrongerthanhergratitude,andshesacrificedMissJemmyquiteaspitilesslyashersister.

           Thecatastrophecame,andshewasbroughttotheMallastoherhome.Therigidformalityoftheplacesuffocatedher:theprayersandthemeals,thelessonsandthewalks,whichwerearrangedwithaconventualregularity,oppressedheralmostbeyondendurance;andshelookedbacktothefreedomandthebeggaryoftheoldstudioinSohowithsomuchregret,thateverybody,herselfincluded,fanciedshewasconsumedwithgriefforherfather.Shehadalittleroominthegarret,wherethemaidsheardherwalkingandsobbingatnight;butitwaswithrage,andnotwithgrief.Shehadnotbeenmuchofadissembler,untilnowherlonelinesstaughthertofeign.Shehadnevermingledinthesocietyofwomen:herfather,reprobateashewas,wasamanoftalent;hisconversationwasathousandtimesmoreagreeabletoherthanthetalkofsuchofherownsexasshenowencountered.

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