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Rachel did not much like this, but it was so prettily and playfully said

that the pleasing impression was quite predominant; and when Rachel took

leave, it ith a sense of vexation that a person whoht engaging sister Yet it ht

be well if Fanny took note of the admission that he could be irritable

as well as stern, and soments What would

the Colonel say to all this? The Colonel--here he was coination Another symptom!

The brother left the field entirely to his sister for the present; he

was a good deal occupied after his leave, and other officers being away,

he was detained at Avoncester, and ay good hu she had been to the stable with a swarm of boys, patted,

and learnt the names of all the ponies; she was on the war spaniel, that, to the Curtises' vexation, one of the

officers had given Conrade, and which was always getting into the

way; she had won Alison by telling her of Mr Clare's recollections of

Erence, and chares and her own sunshiny brightness; she had delighted

Mrs Curtis and Grace by appreciating their views and their flowers;