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not intrude herself upon that good lady too much, who was
embarrassed, and evidently wishing to avoid her. She kissed
Mr. Sedley’s hand, when he presented her with the purse;
and asked permission to consider him for the future as her
kind, kind friend and protector. Her behaviour was so af-
fecting that he was going to write her a cheque for twenty
pounds more; but he restrained his feelings: the carriage was
in waiting to take him to dinner, so he tripped away with a
‘God bless you, my dear, always come here when you come
to town, you know.—Drive to the Mansion House, James.’
Finally came the parting with Miss Amelia, over which
picture I intend to throw a veil. But after a scene in which
one person was in earnest and the other a perfect perform-
er—after the tenderest caresses, the most pathetic tears, the
smelling-bottle, and some of the very best feelings of the
heart, had been called into requisition—Rebecca and Ame-
lia parted, the former vowing to love her friend for ever and
ever and ever.

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