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240 on their account—I would eat no jellies but those made by their cook." Helen trembled for the money she had had a hand in borrowing, and felt that no power on earth could induce her to be ungrateful to those dear neighbours, who once saved her life, and since then had largely contributed to its comforts. "If I were made a queen to-morrow," said she to herself, "could the attentions I should certainly shew dear Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, repay my obligation to them? impossible!" "You do well to make no reply; young people ought to receive information, not dispute its correctness, which is indeed the fault of the times; and the nobility themselves (nine times out of ten) live so entirely without using the privileges of their order, that they render it difficult for others to assume them. Mind, I do not say either honesty or humility are bad things even in the highest classes, but I do say they ought not to be expected if inconvenient, which must be the case some times with some people; otherwise, as the great radical poet very justly observes, Remember, however, in any future conversation you may happen to hold with Count Riccardini, never to induce him to suppose I question any of his silly and stupid dogmas. We ought to make allowances for foreigners; and, talk as he may, in person and