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In secret Lucia felt much soft hearted sympathy for both Miss Bassett and her guest. IN SECRET LUCIA FELT MUCH SOFT HEARTED SYMPATHY FOR BOTH MISS BASSETT AND HER GUEST
ad begun to regard her niece with a slight feeling of awe; and yet Octavia had not been doing any thing at all remarkable in her own eyes, and considered her life pretty dull. If the elder Miss Bassett, her parents and grandparents, had not been so thoroughly well known, and so universally respected; if their social position had not been so firmly established, and their quiet lives not quite so highly respectable,--there is an awful possibility that Slowbridge might even have gone so far as not to ask Octavia out to tea at all. But even Lady Theobald felt that it would not do to slight Belinda Bassett's niece and guest. To omit the customary state teas would have been to crush innocent Miss Belinda at a blow, and place her--through the medium of this young lady, who alone deserved condemnation--beyond the pale of all social law. "It is only to be regretted," said her ladyship, "that Belinda Bassett has not arranged things better. Relatives of such an order are certainly to be deplored. N THESE TIMES SHE HAD BEGUN TO REGARD HER NIECE WITH A SLIGHT FEELING OF AWE AND YET OCTAVIA HAD NOT BEEN DOING ANY THING AT ALL REMARKABLE IN HER OWN EYES AND CONSIDERED HER LIFE PRETTY DULL IF THE ELDER MISS BASSETT HER PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HAD NOT BEEN SO THOROUGHLY WELL KNOWN AND SO UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED IF THEIR SOCIAL POSITION HAD NOT BEEN SO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AND THEIR QUIET LIVES NOT QUITE SO HIGHLY RESPECTABLE THERE IS AN AWFUL POSSIBILITY THAT SLOWBRIDGE MIGHT EVEN HAVE GONE SO FAR AS NOT TO ASK OCTAVIA OUT TO TEA AT ALL BUT EVEN LADY THEOBALD FELT THAT IT WOULD NOT DO TO SLIGHT BELINDA BASSETT'S NIECE AND GUEST TO OMIT THE CUSTOMARY STATE TEARS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO CRUSH THE INNOCENT MISS BELINDA AT A BLOW AND PLACE HER THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THIS YOUNG LADY WHO ALONE DESERVED CONDEMNATION BEYOND THE PALE OF ALL SOCIAL LAW IT IS ONLY TO BE REGRETTED SAID HER LADYSHIP THAT BELINDA BASSETT HAS NOT ARRANGED THINGS BETTER RELATIVES OF SUCH AN ORDER ARE CERTAINLY TO BE DEPLORED
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