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 faces, too, some of 'em;—but sad little empty heads,—except for their own pleasures;—no want of flappers there!—Fie! fie!"

Then letting fall two guineas and a half upon the table, "There, my dear," he cried, in a tone of chagrin, "there's all I have been able to gather amongst all your scholars put together! What they do with their money I don't know; but they are all very poor, they tell me: except Lady Arramede; and she's so rich, that she can't possibly attend, she says, to such pitiful claims: though I said to her, If the sum, Ma'am, is too small for your ladyship's notice, the best way to shew your magnificence, is to make it greater; which will also be very acceptable to this young person. But she did not mind me. She only said that you might apply to her steward at Christmas, which was the time, she believed, when he settled her affairs;