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Which Treats of the Osborne Family

           ThissecretwasconnectedwithMissWirt,whohadacousinanartist,Mr.Smee,verycelebratedsinceasaportrait-painterandR.A.,butwhooncewasgladenoughtogivedrawinglessonstoladiesoffashion.Mr.SmeehasforgottenwhereRussellSquareisnow,buthewasgladenoughtovisititintheyear1818,whenMissOsbornehadinstructionfromhim.

           Smee(formerlyapupilofSharpeofFrithStreet,adissolute,irregular,andunsuccessfulman,butamanwithgreatknowledgeofhisart)beingthecousinofMissWirt,wesay,andintroducedbyhertoMissOsborne,whosehandandheartwerestillfreeaftervariousincompleteloveaffairs,feltagreatattachmentforthislady,anditisbelievedinspiredoneinherbosom.MissWirtwastheconfidanteofthisintrigue.Iknownotwhethersheusedtoleavetheroomwherethemasterandhispupilwerepainting,inordertogivethemanopportunityforexchangingthosevowsandsentimentswhichcannotbeutteredadvantageouslyinthepresenceofathirdparty;Iknownotwhethershehopedthatshouldhercousinsucceedincarryingofftherichmerchant’sdaughter,hewouldgiveMissWirtaportionofthewealthwhichshehadenabledhimtowinallthatiscertainisthatMr.

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