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72 mother, no person in the world feels so much interest in all that concerns me. I need not tell you that my father,

is kindness itself—kindness far superior to what I deserve, but I am grateful for it.

A few days later she writes to her cousin:—

Mrs. Edgeworth supplements these letters in the unpublished memoir of her step-daughter, which she wrote for her family and nearest friends. She says:—

Miss Edgeworth's self-control was manifested at