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"Thank you for the load your words have lifted from my mind," said Mrs. Noah, settling back in her chair, a satisfied expression upon her gentle countenance. "I hope you will understand why I spoke, and withal why modern literature generally has been so distressful to me. THANK YOU FOR THE LOAD YOUR WORDS HAVE LIFTED FROM MY MIND SAID MISSUS NOAH SETTLING BACK IN HER CHAIR A SATISFIED EXPRESSION UPON HER GENTLE COUNTENANCE I HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY I SPOKE AND WITHAL WHY MODERN LITERATURE GENERALLY HAS BEEN SO DISTRESSFUL TO ME
 said Mrs. Noah, as the prophetess was about to narrate her story, “that I rise to beg her to remember that, as an ancestress of Captain Kidd, I hope she will spare a grandmother’s feelings, if anything in the story she is about to tell is improper to be placed before the young. I have been so shocked by the stories of perfidy and baseness generally that have been published of late years, that I would interpose a protest while there is yet time if there is a line in Cassandra’s story which ought to be withheld from the public; a protest based upon my affection for posterity, and in the interests of morality everywhere.” “You may rest easy upon that score, my dear Mrs. Noah,” said the prophetess. “What I have to say would commend itself, I am sure, even to the ears of a British matron; and while it is as complete a demonstration of man’s perfidy as ever was, it is none the less as harmless a little tale as the Dottie Dimple books or any other more recent study of New England character.” ANDRA UNNECESSARILY SAID MISSUS NELLA AS THE PROPHETESS WAS ABOUT TO NARRATE HER STORY THAT I RISE TO BEG HER TO REMEMBER THAT AS AN ANCESTRESS OF CAPTAIN KIDD I HOPE SHE WILL SPARE A GRANDMOTHER'S FEELING IF ANYTHING IN THE STORY SHE IS ABOUT TO TELL IS IMPROPER TO BE PLACED BEFORE THE YOUNG I HAVE BEEN SO SHOCKED BY THE STORIES OF PERFIDY AND BASENESS GENERALLY THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED OF LATE YEARS THAT I WOULD INTERPOSE A PROTEST WHILE THERE IS YET TIME IF THERE IS A LINE IN CASSANDRA'S STORY WHICH OUGHT TO BE WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC A PROTEST BASED UPON MY AFFECTION FOR POSTERITY AND IN THE INTERESTS OF MORALITY EVERYWHERE YOU MAY REST EASY UPON THAT SCORE MY DEAR MISSUS NOAH SAID THE PROPHETESS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WOULD COMMEND ITSELF I AM SURE EVEN TO THE EARS OF A BRITISH MATRON AND WHILE IT IS AS COMPLETE A DEMONSTRATION OF MAN'S PERFIDY AS EVER WAS IT IS NONE THE LESS AS HARMLESS A LITTLE TALE AS THE DAUGHTY DIMPLE BOOKS OR ANY OTHER MORE RECENT STUDY OF NEW ENGLAND CHARACTER
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