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50 the post, wait for no one;—it was off by the mail. Well, an obstinate temper is very disagreeable, particularly in a wife; a passionate one very shocking in a child; but, for one's own particular comfort, Heaven help the possessor of an irresolute one! Its day of hesitation—its night of repentance—the mischief it does—the miseries it feels!—its proprietor may well exclaim, "Nobody can tell what I suffer but myself!"