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r How sadly your brother neglects Flora ' s education / said Sir James Brandon , as he looked from the newspaper ,, in which he had been reading a florid advertisement of a fashionable school , and addressed himself to his lady who was drawing at a table near him ; ' it is lamentable—lamentable indeed !' c It scarcely deserves the name of neglect , I think , ' replied Lady
Brandon ; ' for he is constantly with her , joins in her pursuits , and permits her to share in his , whenever she feels disposed to do so . ' 4 Yes ; but what are they ? reading plays and similar useless books ; idling time in writing others ; letting her run riot in his library ( a most improper thing for a young girl to be permitted to do , especially in such a mixed library as his ) or anywhere else she may choose ; allowing her to use the freedom to express her
opinions , whatever they may be ; and , by not putting her under the judicious restraint of some respectable person , preventing her from acquiring those quiet correct notions which every young woman , who has to live in the world , ought to possess . ' ' Yes ; but do you not think that up to this time my brother ' s plan has succeeded ? She is one of the happiest girls I know , and one of the warmest -hearted ; always active , and perfectly free from the most ungraceful fault in the world , that of being selfish . ' All very well , Lady Brandon ; but those warm-hearted people are very imprudent , and , by thinking too much of others , we arc often brought into difficulty . I have contented myself with endeavouring to maintain a distinguished respectability in the world ; and , if your brother were to take a little more pains to instil the same policy into Flora , it would be far better for us all . '
Lad y Brandon was about to reply , when the colloquy was stayed by tne entrance of the Flora in question ; and never was an argument In a person ' s own favour more captivatingly embodied . As she entered she held up a wreath of white wild convolvulus , and another of the same kind was twined round the large straw hat which shaded her brows .
4 , dear aunt , I have brought you the wreath you wanted ; it was such a beauty , and I had such a scramble for it , and you must begin to draw it directly , for the flowers fade in an instant ; bless its poor little life ! Oh ! how it did beg not to be torn away from the famil y of white faces it has left behind ; but I told it that you would make it immortal , and then it came directly ; now , do not disappoint its hopes . ' ' Flora , how can you talk so much nonsense ? ' said Sir James ; and then Flora ' s brows looked worried , but she quickly recovered . * Oood morning , uncle ; when does Emma come home ? do let her conie ^ n 4 aee m ^ 9 oon . I h ave a new garden , and papa has giveq m ^ JBtj ii ^ e a ^ ibouir , far the xuiranda to twine over ; and I have
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/24/
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