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"I wouldn't make it so short in the waist and so full in the skirt, if I were you," she said. "There's no reason why it shouldn't fit, you know," thereby winning the house maiden's undying adoration, and adding much to the shapeliness of the garment. "I am sure she has a good heart," Miss Belinda said to herself, as the days went by. I WOULDN'T MAKE IT SO SHORT IN THE WAIST AND SO FULL IN THE SKIRT IF I WERE YOU SHE SAID THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT SHOULDN'T FIT YOU KNOW THEREBY WINNING THE HOUSE MAIDEN'S UNDYING ADORATION AND ADDING MUCH TO THE SHAPELINESS OF THE GARMENT I AM SURE SHE HAS A GOOD HEART MISS BELINDA SAID TO HERSELF AS THE DAYS WENT BY
ed 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." 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. 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 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
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