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Rh CHAP. XVII.

The Benefits ariſing from Devotion.—The Hiſtory of the Village School-miſtreſs concluded.

S ſoon as the cloth was removed, Mrs. Maſon concluded the narration; and the girls forgot their fruit whilſt they were liſtening to the ſequel.

Anna endured this treatment ſome years, and had an opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of the world and her own heart. She viſited her mother's father, and would have remained with him; but ſhe determined not to leſſen the ſmall pittance which he had anxiouſly ſaved out of a ſcanty income for two other grand-children. She thought continually of her ſituation, and found, on examining her underſtanding, that the faſhionable circle in which ſhe moved could not at any rate have afforded her much ſatisfaction, or even amuſement; though the neglect and contempt that ſhe met with rendered her very uncomfortable. She had Rh