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Lady Byron Vindicated

CHAPTER I
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I have been taught, however, to accept survivorship; even to feel it, in some cases, Heaven's best blessing.
'I have an intense interest in your new novel.

{149} More power in these few numbers than in any of your former writings, relating, at least, to my own mind.

It would amuse you to hear my granddaughter and myself attempting to foresee the future of the love-story; being, for the moment, quite persuaded that James is at sea, and the minister about to ruin himself.

We think that Mary will labour to be in love with the self-devoted man, under her mother's influence, and from that hyper-conscientiousness so common with good girls; but we don't wish her to succeed.

Then what is to become of her older lover?
Time will show.
'The lady you desired to introduce to me will be welcomed as of you.
She has been misled with respect to my having any house in Yorkshire (New Leeds).


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