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Excerpt from What Will He Do With It, Vol. 2 of 3: By Pisistratus Caxton; A Novel
She is seated by the window in her front drawing room, - surveying with proud though grateful heart the elegancies by which she is surrounded. A very win ning countenance, -lively eyes, that in themselves may be over-quick and petulant; but their expression is chastened by a gentle, kindly mouth. And over the whole face, the attitude, the air, even the dress itself, is diffused the unmistakable simplicity of a sincere, natural character. No doubt Mrs. Haughton has her tempers, and her vanities, and her little harmless femi nine weaknesses; but you could not help feeling in her presence that you were with an affectionate, warm hearted, honest, good woman. She might not have the refinements of tone and manner which stamp the high bred gentlewoman of convention; she might evince the deficiencies of an imperfect third-rate education; but she was saved from vulgarity by a certain undefinable grace of person and music of voice, - even when she said or did things that well-bred people do not say or do; and there was an engaging intelligence in those quick hazel eyes that made you sure that she was sensible, even when she uttered what was silly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
