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 "Yes, my dear—& it is not the only kind thing I have done by him.—I have been a very liberal friend to Sir Edwd. And poor young Man, he needs it bad enough;—For though I am only the Dowager my Dear, & he is the Heir, things do not stand between us in the way they commonly do between those two parties.—Not a shilling do I receive from the Denham Estate. Sir Edw: has no Payments to make me. He don't stand uppermost, beleive me.—It is I that help him." "Indeed!—He is a very fine young Man;—particularly Elegant in his Address."—This was said cheifly for the sake of saying something—but Charlotte directly saw that it was laying her open to suspicion by Lady D's giving a shrewd glance at her & replying—"Yes, yes, he is very well to look at—& it is to be hoped some Lady of large