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I thought them so similar I could not tell where the old servant

(for such I now concluded her to be) saw the difference Both were

fair complexioned and slenderly ence One, to be sure, had hair a shade

darker than the other, and there was a difference in their style of

wearing it; Mary's pale brown locks were parted and braided smooth:

Diana's duskier tresses covered her neck with thick curls The

clock struck ten

"Ye'll want your supper, I am sure," observed Hannah; "and so will

Mr St John when he comes in"

And she proceeded to prepare the meal The ladies rose; they seemed

about to withdraw to the parlour Till thisthem, their appearance and conversation had

excited in otten my oretched position: now it recurred to me More desolate, more

desperate than ever, it seemed from contrast And how impossible

did it appear to touch the inmates of this house with concern on my

behalf; to make them believe in the truth of my wants and woes--to

induce theroped out

the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to