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"No need at all, e--"

So Rachel took a parasol and stepped out, looked at the outline newly

produced, thanked and praised the drawing that had been received, adding

that her lad to knohat price Mr Mauleverer set

upon it She was norance of its value, and

of readiness to be contented hatever ht be conferred upon his

project; the one way in which he still hoped to be of service to his

fellow creatures, the one longing of his life

"Ah!" said Rachel, greatly delighted with this congenial spirit, and as

usual preferring the affirative "I heard you

had been interesting yourself about Mrs Kelland's lace school What a

miserable system it is!"

"My inquiries have betrayedspectacle"

"And to be helpless to alleviate it," continued Rachel "Over work, low

prices and irls

here I have thought it over again and again, and it is a constant

burden on my mind"

"Yes, indeed The effects of modern civilization are a constant burden

on the cohly constituted nature"

"The only ate the evil," continued