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48 length her suspended articulation, she exclaimed, "'Tis from my father I take my degree; 'tis as the daughter of the great, the wise, the respected Sir Aubrey I receive suffrage. And far from having (as your insidious remark would convey) sunk my name or birth in my marriage with Mr. Arden, his fortune confers upon me greater dignity, as the daily homage of the world may testify." With this, rising, she made a motion towards the door, but turning suddenly, she added, "If such, brother, are to be your future conferences with me, I must beg your visits may not be frequent, as they can effect no good result whatever to yourself, but materially tend to the injury of my health, unaccustomed to such disturbances." Having so said she again seated herself; and the General, suppressing further invective, hastily seizing his hat, withdrew.

After this dispute the General and Mrs. Arden carefully avoided, during a period of several weeks, all occasion of meeting; but it chanced one day that the former, whilst walking with his daughters on either side of him, came accidentally in front of Mr. and Mrs. Arden. Never having before seen her nieces, curiosity induced Mrs. Arden to stop and accost her brother. Oriana, having thrown aside her veil, more particularly fixed her attention,