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You are happy in having such a daughter.

I am so: she is a very good girl, and has many excellent qualities, which young women now-a-days do but rarely possess.

I dare say she is a most amiable companion, whom you would be very unwilling to part with.

Nay, Sir John, I am not so selfish neither, but that I should willingly give her up to a good husband.

Bless me, ma'am, why will you do this? you know I can't bear it. (Aloud to Sir John.) You must not trust Lady Goodbody's account of me; for if she thought size necessary to make a woman perfect, it would be difficult to persuade her that I am not six feet high.

Excuse me, ma'am, I have always trusted to Lady Goodbody's opinions, and have never felt more inclination to do so than at this moment.