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Which Treats of the Osborne Family

           Sheremainedsilentoppositetohim,listeningtotheurnhissing,andsittingintremorwhiletheparentreadhispaperandconsumedhisaccustomedportionofmuffinsandtea.Athalf-pastnineheroseandwenttotheCity,andshewasalmostfreetilldinner-time,tomakevisitationsinthekitchenandtoscoldtheservants;todriveabroadanddescenduponthetradesmen,whowereprodigiouslyrespectful;toleavehercardsandherpapa’satthegreatglumrespectablehousesoftheirCityfriends;ortositaloneinthelargedrawing-room,expectingvisitors;andworkingatahugepieceofworstedbythefire,onthesofa,hardbythegreatIphigeniaclock,whichtickedandtolledwithmournfulloudnessinthedrearyroom.Thegreatglassoverthemantelpiece,facedbytheothergreatconsoleglassattheoppositeendoftheroom,increasedandmultipliedbetweenthemthebrownHollandbaginwhichthechandelierhung,untilyousawthesebrownHollandbagsfadingawayinendlessperspectives,andthisapartmentofMissOsborne’sseemedthecentreofasystemofdrawing-rooms.Whensheremovedthecordovanleatherfromthegrandpianoandventuredtoplayafewnotesonit,itsoundedwithamournfulsadness,startlingthedismalechoesofthehouse.George’spicturewasgone,andlaidupstairsinalumber-roominthegarret;andthoughtherewasaconsciousnessofhim,andfatheranddaughterofteninstinctivelyknewthattheywerethinkingofhim,nomentionwasevermadeofthebraveandoncedarlingson.

           Atfiveo’clockMr.

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