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Her beauty was quite matured  that is she must have numbered at least twenty years; but there was still a girlish loveliness, a childlike parity and sincerity in all she said and did, that showed the real freshness of her heart and innocence of her mind. HER BEAUTY WAS QUITE MATURED THAT IS SHE MUST HAVE NUMBERED AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS BUT THERE WAS STILL A GIRLISH LOVELINESS A CHILDLIKE PARODY AND SINCERITY IN ALL SHE SAID AND DID THAT SHOWED THE REAL FRESHNESS OF HER HEART AND INNOCENCE OF HER MIND
plans, some twelve months previous to the period of which we have spoken. Mrs. Huntington, the widow, had remained in Calcutta to settle up her husband's affairs, and this done, she determined to embark at once with her daughter for England, where her relatives, friends and early associations were all located. Miss Huntington, as the reader may have gathered, was no coquette; her great beauty and real loveliness of character had challenged the admiration of many a rich grandee and many an eminent character among her own countrymen in this distant land. But no one had seemed to mate the least impression upon her heart; the gayest and wittiest found in her one quite their equal; the thoughtful and pathetic were equally at home by her side; but her heart, to them, seemed encased in iron, so cold and immovable it continued to all the assaults that gallantry made against its fastness, and yet no one who knew her really doubted the tenderness of her feelings and the sensibility of her heart.  HIS WELL ARRANGED PLANS SOME TWELVE MONTHS PREVIOUS TO THE PERIOD OF WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN MISSUS HUNTINGTON THE WIDOW HAD REMAINED IN CALCUTTA TO SETTLE UP HER HUSBAND'S AFFAIRS AND THIS DONE SHE DETERMINED TO EMBARK AT ONCE WITH HER DAUGHTER FOR ENGLAND WHERE HER RELATIVES FRIENDS AND EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WERE ALL LOCATED MISS HUNTINGTON AS THE READER MAY HAVE GATHERED WAS NO COQUETTE HER GREAT BEAUTY AND REAL LOVELINESS OF CHARACTER HAD CHALLENGED THE ADMIRATION OF MANY A RICH GRANDEE AND MANY AN EMINENT CHARACTER AMONG HER OWN COUNTRYMEN IN THIS DISTANT LAND BUT NO ONE HAD SEEMED TO MAKE THE LEAST IMPRESSION UPON HER HEART THE GAYEST AND WITTIEST FOUND IN HER ONE QUITE THEIR EQUAL THE THOUGHTFUL AND PATHETIC WERE EQUALLY AT HOME BY HER SIDE BUT HER HEART TO THEM SEEMED ENCASED IN IRON SO COLD AND IMMOVABLE IT CONTINUED TO ALL THE ASSAULTS THAT GALLANTRY MADE AGAINST ITS FASTNESS AND YET NO ONE WHO KNEW HER REALLY DOUBTED THE TENDERNESS OF HER FEELINGS AND THE SENSIBILITY OF HER HEART
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