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me, and left me to dispose of myself at my discretion. I went
into the fore-parlour and sat down to the Harpsichord. I staid
half an hour I believe before any body came in. Mrs B. was
the first; but by that time there had come two Ladies, a Mrs
Draper an elderly widow Lady, and her daughter also a widow,
and not very young. They live in the village, and called on
their way to Mrs Barbot's whom they mentioned I believe as
being a relation to them: I think the daughter spoke of her
under the name of Aunt. They were already in the room
when Mrs B. came in; so that I had no opportunity of
reading her disposition in her first looks. On account of the
presence of these ladies I did not think it proper to make any
advances to salute her. In some respects fortune was rather unfavourable
to me. The weather being changeable, the old
women staid fiddle-faddling a long while. Their errand was
to compare a pattern of their's for ruffles with a pattern of Miss
Stratton's; and no pattern Miss Stratton appeared. They had
staid I suppose an hour when I thought I might take the
liberty of taking a turn by myself in the garden. Just as
I was going out of at the Garden door, whom should I meet coming
in but Miss S. The sight of her made me start a little; however
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Jeremy Bentham; Samuel Bentham |
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