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Which she proceeded to do; and when, under her mistress's direction, Mary Anne purchased a stout brown merino, she took quite an interest in her struggles at making it. WHICH SHE PROCEEDED TO DO AND WHEN UNDER HER MISTRESS'S DIRECTION MARY ANNE PURCHASED A STOUT BROWN MERINO SHE TOOK QUITE AN INTEREST IN HER STRUGGLES AT MAKING IT
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. 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. She gave Mary Anne presents in the shape of articles of clothing at which Slowbridge would have exclaimed in horror if the recipient had dared to wear them; but, when Miss Belinda expressed her regret at these indiscretions, Octavia was quite willing to rectify her mistakes. "Ah, well!" she said, "I can give her some money, and she can buy some things for herself.  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 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 SHE GAVE MARY ANNE PRESENTS IN THE SHAPE OF ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AT WHICH SLOWBRIDGE WOULD HAVE EXCLAIMED IN HORROR IF THE RECIPIENT HAD DARED TO WEAR THEM BUT WHEN MISS BELINDA EXPRESSED HER REGRET AT THESE INDISCRETIONS OCTAVIA WAS QUITE WILLING TO RECTIFY HER MISTAKES AH WELL SHE SAID I CAN GIVE HER SOME MONEY AND SHE CAN BUY SOME THINGS FOR HERSELF
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