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RhACT I. of the most beautiful natures I have ever come across. It is a privilege to meet him.

LADY CAROLINE It is not customary in England, Miss Worsley, for a young lady to speak with such enthusiasm of any person of the opposite sex. English women conceal their feelings till after they are married. They show them then.

HESTER Do you, in England, allow no friendship to exist between a young man and a young girl?

[Enter LADY HUNSTANTON followed by Footman with shawls and a cushion.]

LADY CAROLINE We think it very inadvisable. Jane, I was just saying what a pleasant party you have asked us to meet. You have a wonderful power of selection. It is quite a gift.

LADY HUNSTANTON Dear Caroline, how kind of you! I think we all do fit in very nicely together. 5