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LVIL—MR. EUANKLAND'S MARRIAGE.
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i^» i——I have passed my life as a dressm...
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Lvil—Mr. Euankland's Marriage.
LVIL—MR . _EUANKLAND'S MARRIAGE .
I^» I——I Have Passed My Life As A Dressm...
i _^» i——I have passed life as a dressmakergoing about among some of
my , tlie best families iii L— . One of my most constant employers was a Mrs . Dashwooda -worldly and fashionable _woman with a large
, family . Among her many sons and daughters , though apparently not of
them , was a young man of far different character . This young gentleman ' s mother ( sister to Mr . Dashwood ) had married
unfortunately , lost her husband the first year of her marriage , and , dying * herself ten afterleft her only childa penniless orphan ,
to her brother years 's charge , , who had not entirel , y neglected the trust . Butat the outset of lifeyoung Frankland had been attacked
with , , a long illness , "which , poor ., though , yielding to medical treatment , saddled him for life with a perceptible lameness , and a something
peculiar and quaint in his manner . His cousins called him " poor George / ' Poor George was glad to be content with a clerkship in
a good office at the humble salary of a hundred and fifty pounds a year , with which he _jDaid his aunt for his board , and put by
something for charity . He was of a lower and slighter make than his fashionable cousinsandbthe side of theirsliis clothes looked but
old-fashioned : nevertheless , , y his face could not , be seen without exciting interest . Sad to plaintiveness as it was , there was an
expression of manly endurance _Lipon his countenance which redeemed it from all morbidnessand there was no mistaking the refinement and
, kindliness of his heart . The servants all liked him , and he never met me on the stairs , or anywhere , without some courteous remark .
I used to notice , too , what a pleasant way he had with the children during his frequent visits to the school-roomcalling forth their
in-, telligence with unaffected simplicity , or checking their passions with a certain quiet wisdom peculiarly his own . The school-room was
always appropriated to me and my work ; I suppose in recollection of the time , not so long ago , when I had seen better days .
Ifc was an agreeable surprise tome to find , on returning to Mrs . Dashwood , after their usual summer absence , that the former
_su-23 ercilious governess was gone , and a new young lady in her place , who greeted me with a pleasant smile , set a chair for me , and cleared
a space for my work at the other end of the table next the fire . This ' ladwas not prettybut she was a freshsweet-tempered
looking young ' creature y , with clear , , loving eyes , and the bri , ghtest smile I ever saw . It was a pleasure even to hear her cheerful voice with
the children . After the children's tea , Miss Woodville , that was the new governess ' s name , had to see that her charge were nicely dressed
to a / ppear at dessert down-stairs , then , delivering them over into the hands of the nurse , her day's work was at length over , and she sat
down to enjoy herself . I came back to the school-room , from super-
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 398, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/38/
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