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"Alexandrina has told me all about it," said the countess, with her
sweetest smile, "and I have given her my approval. I really do think
you will suit each other very well."
"I am very much obliged to you," said Crosbie. "I'm sure at any rate
of this,--that she will suit me very well."
"Yes; I think she will. She is a good sensible girl."
"Psha, mamma; pray don't go on in that Goody Twoshoes sort of way."
"So you are, my dear. If you were not it would not be well for you to
do as you are going to do. If you were giddy and harum-scarum, and
devoted to rank and wealth and that sort of thing, it would not be
well for you to marry a commoner without fortune. I'm sure Mr Crosbie
will excuse me for saying so much as that."
"Of course I know," said Crosbie, "that I had no right to look so
high."
"Well; we'll say nothing more about it," said the countess.
"Pray don't," said Alexandrina. "It sounds so like a sermon."
"Sit down, Mr Crosbie," said the countess, "and let us have a little
conversation. She shall sit by you, if you like it.


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