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But even Lady Theobald felt that it would not do to slight Belinda Bassett's niece and guest. BUT EVEN LADY THEOBALD FELT THAT IT WOULD NOT DO TO SLIGHT BELINDA BASSETT'S NIECE AND GUEST
etty much like any other message." Miss Belinda regarded her timidly. "Does your papa _often_ send them?" she inquired. "Surely it must be expensive." "I don't suppose it's cheap," Octavia replied, "but it saves time and worry. I should have had to wait twelve days for a letter." "Very true," said Miss Belinda, "but"-- She broke off with rather a distressed shake of the head. Her simple ideas of economy and quiet living were frequently upset in 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.  SEE WHY SAID OCTAVIA IT SEEMS TO ME IT IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER MESSAGE MISS BELINDA REGARDED HER TIMIDLY DOES YOUR PAPA OFTEN SEND THEM SHE INQUIRED SURELY IT MUST BE EXPENSIVE I DON'T SUPPOSE IT'S CHEAP OCTAVIA REPLIED BUT IT SAVES TIME AND WORRY I SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT TWELVE DAYS FOR A LETTER VERY TRUE SAID MISS BELINDA BUT SHE BROKE OFF WITH RATHER A DISTRESSED SHAKE OF THE HEAD HER SIMPLE IDEAS OF ECONOMY AND QUIET LIVING WERE FREQUENTLY UPSET IN 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
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