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Rh "Did you ever see such a man Miss Grey?" said she turning to me, "I'm so glad you came! I thought I never should get rid of him; and I was so terribly afraid of papa seeing him."

"Has he been with you long?"

"No; not long, but he's so extremely impertinent: and he's always hanging about, pretending his business or his clerical duties require his attendance in these parts, and really watching for poor me, and pouncing upon me wherever he sees me."

"Well, your mama thinks you ought not to go beyond the park or garden without some discreet, matronly person like me to accompany you, and keep off all intruders. She descried Mr. Hatfield hurrying past the park-gates, and forthwith dispatched me with instructions to seek you up and to take care of you, and likewise to warn"—

"Oh, mama's so tiresome! As if I couldn't take care of myself! She bothered me before about Mr. Hatfield; and I told her she might trust me—I never should forget my rank and station for the most delightful man that ever breathed.—I wish he would go down on his knees to-morrow, and implore me to be his