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She cannot justly be called a
romantic person: nor were her literary acquirement great: she never
opened a Shakspeare from the day she left the stage, nor, indeed,
understood it during all the time she adorned the boards: but about a
pudding, a piece of needle-work, or her own domestic affairs, she was as
good a judge as could be found; and not being misled by a strong
imagination or a passionate temper, was better enabled to keep her
judgment cool. When, over their dinner, Costigan tried to convince
himself and the company, that the Major's statement regarding Pen's
finances was unworthy of credit, and a mere ruse upon the old hypocrite's
part so as to induce them, on their side, to break off the match, Miss
Milly would not, for a moment, admit the possibility of deceit on the
side of the adversary: and pointed out clearly that it was her father who
had deceived himself, and not poor little Pen who had tried to take them
in. As for that poor lad, she said she pitied him with all her heart. And
she ate an exceedingly good dinner; to the admiration of Mr.


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