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There was not any condescension whatever in it, and yet it could not be called a vulgarly familiar manner: it was rather an astonishingly simple manner, somehow suggestive of a subtile recognition of Mary Anne's youth, and ill luck in not having before her more lively prospects. THERE WAS NOT ANY CONDESCENSION WHATEVER IN IT AND YET IT COULD NOT BE CALLED A VULGARLY FAMILIAR MANNER IT WAS RATHER AN ASTONISHINGLY SIMPLE MANNER SOMEHOW SUGGESTIVE OF A SUBTILE RECOGNITION OF MARIANNE'S YOUTH AND ILL LUCK IN NOT HAVING BEFORE HER MORE LIVELY PROSPECTS
iful dresses, and also to have had rather more than her share of partners. The phrases she used, and the dances she described, were all strange to Miss Belinda, and tended to reducing her to a bewildered condition, in which she felt much timid amazement at the intrepidity of the New-York young ladies, and no slight suspicion of the "German"--as a theatrical kind of dance, involving extraordinary figures, and an extraordinary amount of attention from partners of the stronger sex. It must be admitted, however, that by this time, notwithstanding the various shocks she had received, Miss Belinda had begun to discover in her young guest divers good qualities which appealed to her affectionate and susceptible old heart. In the first place, the girl had no small affectations: indeed, if she had been less unaffected she might have been less subject to severe comment. She was good-natured, and generous to extravagance. Her manner toward Mary Anne never ceased to arouse Miss Belinda to interest. ND TO HAVE WORN VERY BEAUTIFUL DRESSES AND ALSO TO HAVE HAD RATHER MORE THAN HER SHARE OF PARTNERS THE PHRASES SHE USED AND THE DANCES SHE DESCRIBED WERE ALL STRANGE TO MISS BELINDA AND TENDED TO REDUCING HER TO A BEWILDERED CONDITION IN WHICH SHE FELT MUCH TIMID AMAZEMENT AT THE INTREPIDITY OF THE NEW YORK YOUNG LADIES AND NO SLIGHT SUSPICION OF THE GERMAN AS A THEATRICAL KIND OF DANCE INVOLVING EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES AND AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF ATTENTION FROM PARTNERS OF THE STRONGER SEX IT MUST BE ADMITTED HOWEVER THAT BY THIS TIME NOTWITHSTANDING THE VARIOUS SHOCKS SHE HAD RECEIVED MISS BELINDA HAD BEGUN TO DISCOVER IN HER YOUNG GUEST DIVERS GOOD QUALITIES WHICH APPEALED TO HER AFFECTIONATE AND SUSCEPTIBLE OLD HEART IN THE FIRST PLACE THE GIRL HAD NO SMALL AFFECTATIONS INDEED IF SHE HAD BEEN LESS UNAFFECTED SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LESS SUBJECT TO SEVERE COMMENT SHE WAS GOOD NATURED AND GENEROUS TO EXTRAVAGANCE HER MANNER TOWARD MARIANNE NEVER CEASED TO AROUSE MISS BELINDA TO INTEREST
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