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Fanny absolutely stared "You go, don't you, Rachel? Hoe used to wish

for it!"

"You have wished and we have tried," said Rachel, with a sigh

"Yes, Rachel," said Grace; "but with all drawbacks, all disappoint We would not be without it"

"I could not be satisfied in relinquishing it voluntarily," said Rachel,

"but I am necessarily one of the idle Were I one of the occupied,

laborare est orare would satisfy ht to

feel the same Think of the physical reaction of body on mind, and tell

that poor jaded thing

of an hour's sleep, giving her an additional walk, fasting, in all

weathers, and preparing her to be savage with the children"

"Perhaps it refreshes her, and hinders her fro cross"

"Maybe she thinks so; but if she have either sense or ear, nothing

would so predispose her to be cross as the squeaking of Mr Touchett's

penny-whistle choir"

"Poor Mr Touchett," sighed Mrs Curtis; "I wish he would not make such

ambitious attempts"

"But you like the choral service," said Fanny, feeling as if everything

had turned round "When all the rand it is, almost finer than the cathedral"

"Yes, where you can do it," said Rachel, "but not where you can't"

"I wish you would not talk about it," said Grace

"I must, or Fanny will not understand the state of parties at