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cernedtoseehisfairfriendinsuchdistress,andwatchedherwithsomuchtendersolicitude,thatI,whooccasionallycaughtherobservinghiscountenancewithexultation,wasquiteoutofpatience.Thispatheticrepresentationlastedthewholeevening,andsoostentatiousandartfuladisplayhasentirelyconvincedmethatshedidinfactfeelnothing.IammoreangrywithherthaneversinceIhaveseenherdaughterthepoorgirllookssounhappythatmyheartachesforher.LadySusanissurelytoosevere,forFredericadoesnotseemtohavethesortoftempertomakeseveritynecessary.Shelooksperfectlytimid,dejected,andpenitent.Sheisverypretty,thoughnotsohandsomeashermother,noratalllikeher.Hercomplexionisdelicate,butneithersofairnorsobloomingasLadySusan’s,andshehasquitetheVernoncastofcountenance,theovalfaceandmilddarkeyes,andthereispeculiarsweetnessinherlookwhenshespeakseithertoheruncleorme,foraswebehavekindlytoherwehaveofcour
