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She was always tidy and wore her clothes well, laying enormous stress upon their material and style, this trait in her character having been added under the fostering influence of the wealthy and fashionable Gladys Ferguson. SHE WAS ALWAYS TIDY AND WORE HER CLOTHES WELL LAYING ENORMOUS STRESS UPON THEIR MATERIAL AND STYLE THIS TRAIT IN HER CHARACTER HAVING BEEN ADDED UNDER THE FOSTERING INFLUENCE OF THE WEALTHY AND FASHIONABLE GLADYS FERGUSON
be able to manage a right one; not one of the big sort, anyway. At four or five years old Julia was always spoken of as "such a good little girl." Many a time had Nancy in early youth stamped her foot and cried: "Don't talk about Julia! I will not hear about Julia!" for she was always held up as a pattern of excellence. Truth to tell she bored her own mother terribly; but that is not strange, for by a curious freak of nature, Mrs. Allan Carey was as flighty and capricious and irresponsible and gay and naughty as Julia was steady, limited, narrow, conventional, and dull; but the flighty mother passed out of the Carey family life, and Julia, from the age of five onward, fell into the charge of a pious, unimaginative governess, instead of being turned out to pasture with a lot of frolicsome young human creatures; so at thirteen she had apparently settled--hard, solid, and firm--into a mould. She had smooth fair hair, pale blue eyes, thin lips, and a somewhat too plump shape for her years. OING THE WRONG THING WILL HARDLY BE ABLE TO MANAGE A RIGHT ONE NOT ONE OF THE BIG SORT ANYWAY AT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD JULIA WAS ALWAYS SPOKEN OF AS SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL MANY A TIME HAD NANCY IN EARLY YOUTH STAMPED HER FOOT AND CRIED DON'T TALK ABOUT JULIA I WILL NOT HEAR ABOUT JULIA FOR SHE WAS ALWAYS HELD UP AS A PATTERN OF EXCELLENCE TRUTH TO TELL SHE BORED HER OWN MOTHER TERRIBLY BUT THAT IS NOT STRANGE FOR BY A CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE MISSUS ALLAN CAREY WAS AS FLIGHTY AND CAPRICIOUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE AND GAY AND NAUGHTY AS JULIA WAS STEADY LIMITED NARROW CONVENTIONAL AND DULL BUT THE FLIGHTY MOTHER PASSED OUT OF THE CAREY FAMILY LIFE AND JULIA FROM THE AGE OF FIVE ONWARD FELL INTO THE CHARGE OF A PIOUS UNIMAGINATIVE GOVERNESS INSTEAD OF BEING TURNED OUT TO PASTURE WITH A LOT OF FROLICSOME YOUNG HUMAN CREATURES SO AT THIRTEEN SHE HAD APPARENTLY SETTLED HARD SOLID AND FIRM INTO A MOULD SHE HAD SMOOTH FAIR HAIR PALE BLUE EYES THIN LIPS AND A SOMEWHAT TOO PLUMP SHAPE FOR HER YEARS
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