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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. 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
nterest in the impending social event. She seemed in good spirits, and talked more than was her custom, giving Miss Belinda graphic descriptions of various festal gatherings she had attended in New York, when she seemed to have been very gay indeed, and to have worn very beautiful dresses, and also to have had rather more than her share of partners. The phrases she used, and the dances she described, were all strange to Miss Belinda, and tended to reducing her to a bewildered condition, in which she felt much timid amazement at the intrepidity of the New-York young ladies, and no slight suspicion of the "German"--as a theatrical kind of dance, involving extraordinary figures, and an extraordinary amount of attention from partners of the stronger sex. It must be admitted, however, that by this time, notwithstanding the various shocks she had received, Miss Belinda had begun to discover in her young guest divers good qualities which appealed to her affectionate and susceptible old heart.  QUITE AWAKENED TO AN INTEREST IN THE IMPENDING SOCIAL EVENT SHE SEEMED IN GOOD SPIRITS AND TALKED MORE THAN WAS HER CUSTOM GIVING MISS BELINDA GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS FESTAL GATHERINGS SHE HAD ATTENDED IN NEW YORK WHEN SHE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN VERY GAY INDEED AND TO HAVE WORN VERY BEAUTIFUL DRESSES AND ALSO TO HAVE HAD RATHER MORE THAN HER SHARE OF PARTNERS THE PHRASES SHE USED AND THE DANCES SHE DESCRIBED WERE ALL STRANGE TO MISS BELINDA AND TENDED TO REDUCING HER TO A BEWILDERED CONDITION IN WHICH SHE FELT MUCH TIMID AMAZEMENT AT THE INTREPIDITY OF THE NEW YORK YOUNG LADIES AND NO SLIGHT SUSPICION OF THE GERMAN AS A THEATRICAL KIND OF DANCE INVOLVING EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES AND AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF ATTENTION FROM PARTNERS OF THE STRONGER SEX IT MUST BE ADMITTED HOWEVER THAT BY THIS TIME NOTWITHSTANDING THE VARIOUS SHOCKS SHE HAD RECEIVED MISS BELINDA HAD BEGUN TO DISCOVER IN HER YOUNG GUEST DIVERS GOOD QUALITIES WHICH APPEALED TO HER AFFECTIONATE AND SUSCEPTIBLE OLD HEART
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