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she began, "I did not mean to  to say so much. SHE BEGAN I DID NOT MEAN TO TO SAY SO MUCH
resses, one might say. What Lydia Egerton has been taught, I have been taught; yet what two creatures could be more unlike each other, by nature, than we are?" Mr. Burmistone glanced across the room at Miss Egerton. She was a fine, robust young woman, with a high nose and a stolid expression of countenance. "That is true," he remarked. "We are afraid of every thing," said Lucia bitterly. "Lydia Egerton is afraid--though you might not think so. And, as for me, nobody knows what a coward I am but myself. Yes, I am a coward! When grandmamma looks at me, I tremble. I dare not speak my mind, and differ with her, when I know she is unjust and in the wrong. No one could say that of Miss Octavia Bassett." "That is perfectly true," said Mr. Burmistone; and he even went so far as to laugh as he thought of Miss Octavia trembling in the august presence of Lady Theobald. The laugh checked Lucia at once in her little outburst of eloquence. She began to blush, the color mounting to her forehead. "Oh! E LEARN THE SAME THINGS AND WEAR THE SAME DRESSES ONE MIGHT SAY WHAT LYDIA EGERTON HAS BEEN TAUGHT I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT YET WHAT TWO CREATURES COULD BE MORE UNLIKE EACH OTHER BY NATURE THAN WE ARE MISTER BURMISTONE GLANCED ACROSS THE ROOM AT MISS EGERTON SHE WAS A FINE ROBUST YOUNG WOMAN WITH A HIGH NOSE AND A STOLID EXPRESSION OF COUNTENANCE THAT IS TRUE HE REMARKED WE ARE AFRAID OF EVERYTHING SAID LUCIA BITTERLY LYDIA EGERTON IS AFRAID THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT THINK SO AND AS FOR ME NOBODY KNOWS WHAT A COWARD I AM BUT MYSELF YES I AM A COWARD WHEN GRANDMAMMA LOOKS AT ME I TREMBLE I DARE NOT SPEAK MY MIND AND DIFFER WITH HER WHEN I KNOW SHE IS UNJUST AND IN THE WRONG NO ONE COULD SAY THAT OF MISS OCTAVIA BASSETT THAT IS PERFECTLY TRUE SAID MISTER BERMSTONE AND HE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO LAUGH AS HE THOUGHT OF MISS OCTAVIA TREMBLING IN THE AUGUST PRESENCE OF LADY THEOBALD THE LAUGH CHECKED LUCIA AT ONCE IN A LITTLE OUTBURST OF ELOQUENCE SHE BEGAN TO BLUSH THE COLOR MOUNTING TO HER FOREHEAD OH
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