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In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries

           Oh,hewasthekindest,best,andmostgenerousofmen!

           Thesightoftheverygreatcompanyoflordsandladiesandfashionablepersonswhothrongedthetown,andappearedineverypublicplace,filledGeorge’strulyBritishsoulwithintensedelight.Theyflungoffthathappyfrigidityandinsolenceofdemeanourwhichoccasionallycharacterisesthegreatathome,andappearinginnumberlesspublicplaces,condescendedtominglewiththerestofthecompanywhomtheymetthere.OnenightatapartygivenbythegeneralofthedivisiontowhichGeorge’sregimentbelonged,hehadthehonourofdancingwithLadyBlancheThistlewood,LordBareacres’daughter;hebustledforicesandrefreshmentsforthetwonobleladies;hepushedandsqueezedforLadyBareacres’carriage;hebraggedabouttheCountesswhenhegothome,inawaywhichhisownfathercouldnothavesurpassed.Hecalledupontheladiesthenextday;herodebytheirsideinthePark;heaskedtheirpartytoagreatdinneratarestaurateur’s,andwasquitewildwithexultationwhentheyagreedtocome.OldBareacres,whohadnotmuchprideandalargeappetite,wouldgoforadinneranywhere.

           "Ihopetherewillbenowomenbesidesourownparty,"LadyBareacressaid,afterreflectingupontheinvitationwhichhadbeenmade,andacceptedwithtoomuchprecipitancy.

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