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Nothing could exceed the satisfaction of the Misses Granard in such an acquisition as Mr. Glentworth proved to their circle. Pleasures they had hitherto only known by name, they now shared in common with the other young people. The exhibitions were a source of delight inexhaustible; and the drive in the open carriage, which had at first been offered to Mary as the invalid, had, without neglecting her, been gradually extended to all her sisters. Mrs. Palmer, to whom the girls had made a little fête of introducing their new acquaintance, was delighted with him. She felt, with the quick sympathy of a generous nature, that her young friends had gained a valuable and steady friend. "Poor things! they needed it," said she one night to her husband, during the discussion of some scalloped oysters, over which their mutual confidences usually took place. "Mr. Glentworth is rather young and handsome," replied Mr. Palmer, "to be the intimate friend of so many pretty girls. My daughter Charlotte said to me this very morning that she only hoped good might