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It is very easy to see the difference. Some
people are of use and are always doing things. There are others,
generally women, who have nothing to do, but who can't be got rid of.
It is a melancholy sort of feeling.'
'You at least are not one of them.'
'I didn't mean to complain about myself,' she said. 'I have got a great
deal to make me happy.'
'I don't suppose you regard yourself as an Arabella French,' said he.
'How angry Miss French would be if she heard you.. She considers
herself to be one of the reigning beauties of Exeter.'
'She has had a very long reign, and dominion of that sort to be
successful ought to be short.'
'That is spiteful, Mr Burgess.'
'I don't feel spiteful against her, poor woman. I own I do not love
Camilla. Not that I begrudge Camilla her present prosperity.'
'Nor I either, Mr Burgess.'
'She and Mr Gibson will do very well together, I dare say.'
'I hope they will,' said Dorothy, 'and I do not see any reason against
it. They have known each other a long time.


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