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 something very particular in their voices, too, poor dears."

"Are you going to them, ma'am?"

"No, my dear, they are all young at Pleasance, and don't want me. I had rather hear all about it from the girls."

And when they returned, they had so much to tell, that they interrupted each other every ten words, then talked both together, and then stopped and tried to start fair again with their news.

"Oh, mamma! what do you think? You have seen Colonel Hilton ride by?" said Janet.

"The tall officer who has taught Charlie—" said Rose.

"To call him Moustache," interrupted Janet.

"Who is brother to the Duchess of St. Maur—"

"And the Duchess of St. Maur is his sister."

Then they both added together, "And he is going to be married to Miss Grenville."