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Excerpt from Flies in Amber, Vol. 2 of 3
But even Madame Ribbed-out, as she was familiarly called in the neighbourhood, did not enjoy this honour gratuitously; for it was soon gently hinted to her, that While she was giving her lesson, it would cost her but little more trouble to include the Miss Grevilles, in which case she would be welcome to the tea-table at Rose Cottage whenever she could be spared from the lawyer's school-room: and this arrangement, while it greatly ben efitted Arabella and Blanche, afforded a proud theme of gratification to good Mrs. Parsons, who talked largely Of her girls being educated with the Honourable Miss Grevilles, and Obtained for their mother the reputation of an exceed ing condescension, which she contrived to turn to account in a variety Of ways. 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.
