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 "And I shall thank him for refusing you, if it brings you to live nearer us," said Miss Mary.

"Though I shall be at double the distance, still it wont be far," returned Mrs Mason, "I am to take up my residence at Glenburnie."

"At Glenburnie!" repeated Miss Mary; "what place can there be at Glenburnie fit for you to live in?"

"O I shall make it fit," said Mrs Mason; "and if I am so happy as to be useful to the good people there, I shall think myself fortunate in my choice. On being refused by Lord Longlands, I gave up all thoughts of settling on his territories, and made inquiries in the neighbourhood of Meriton. Through the friends of the young man I have already mentioned, I heard that the only relation I have in the world was married to one of the small farmers in Glenburnie, and to this couple I applied to take me as a lodger. I had great difficulty in bringing them to the point,