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 merry little souls; not very heavy, I believe, in the head: I don't suppose they have a thought above once in a twelvemonth."

He had then applied to their brother. Sir Marmaduke professed himself extremely shocked, at the circumstances which had prevented his sisters from profiting longer by the instructions of so fine a virtuosa as The Ellis; but he hoped that something might yet be adjusted for the future, as he was utterly ashamed to offer such a trifle as this account, to so accomplished a young person as The Ellis. "I told him, then," continued Mr. Giles, "that it was no trifle to you, for you were so very poor that you could not pay for your clothes; but I could never obtain any other answer from him, than that he had too much consideration for you, to think of offering you a sum so unworthy your merit."

"This, indeed, is rather singular," cried Ellis, half smiling, "that the