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sofobstinacyorperversenessduringherwholestayinWigmoreStreet,tillshewasdetectedinthisscheme,IcannotsoreadilycreditwhatLadySusanhasmadehim,andwantstomakemebelieve,thatitwasmerelyanimpatienceofrestraintandadesireofescapingfromthetuitionofmasterswhichbroughtontheplanofanelopement.OReginald,howisyourjudgmentenslaved!Hescarcelydaresevenallowhertobehandsome,andwhenIspeakofherbeauty,repliesonlythathereyeshavenobrilliancy!Sometimesheissuresheisdeficientinunderstanding,andatothersthathertemperonlyisinfault.Inshort,whenapersonisalwaystodeceive,itisimpossibletobeconsistent.LadySusanfindsitnecessarythatFredericashouldbetoblame,andprobablyhassometimesjudgeditexpedienttoaccuseherofill-natureandsometimestolamentherwantofsense.Reginaldisonlyrepeatingafterherladyship. Iremain,&c.,&c., CATHERINEVERNON.