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'Yes, when YOU speak'

'And it's very strange, that when you've the care of 'em you've no better control over 'eone upstairs with their nasty snowy feet! Do go after 'eentle in the house; and, as I ascended the stairs and passed the drawing-roo the old lady declaihter-in-law to this effect (for I could only distinguish the most eet their death as sure as--! Do you think, my dear, she's a PROPER PERSON? Take my word for it--'

I heard no more; but that sufficed

The senior Mrs Bloomfield had been very attentive and civil to ht her a nice, kind-hearted, chatty old body She would often co and shaking her head, and gesticulating with hands and eyes, as a certain class of old ladies are won't to do; though I never knew one that carried the peculiarity to so great an extent She would even sympathise with me for the trouble I had with the children, and express at ti winks, her sense of the injudicious conduct of theirto supportdisapprobation was not enerally refused to take it in, or understand anything more than was openly spoken; at least, I never went farther than an iment that, if matters were otherwise ordered my task would be a less difficult one, and I should be better able to guide and instruct h I saw the old lady had her defects (of which one was a proneness to proclaim her perfections), I had always been wishful to excuse theive her credit for all the virtues she professed, and even iine others yet untold Kindness, which had been the food of h so many years, had lately been so entirely denied htest semblance of it No wonder, then, that laddened at her approach and regretted her departure

But now, the feords luckily or unluckily heard in passing had wholly revolutionizedher: now I looked upon her as hypocritical and insincere, a flatterer, and a spy upon my words and deeds Doubtless it would have been my interest still to meet her with the same cheerful smile and tone of respectful cordiality as before; but I could not, if I would: s, and became so cold and shy that she could not fail to notice it She soon did notice it, and HER ed to a stiff bow, the gracious son ferocity; her vivacious loquacity was entirely transferred froirls,' whoed more absurdly than ever their mother had done