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a treat , and George i * planning all sorts of thing * in the garden ; and you will let some of the servants come , and Emma and I will sing to them , and teach them all sorts of games ; and you will come too , my own dear aunt ; ' and she coaxingly threw her arms round Lady Brandon ' s neck , while Lady Brandon kindly turned her eyes towards her husband , who was looking as coldly objective as heart could not wish . f Your father allows George too much licence ( , ' said he ; servants ought to be kept at a proper distance . '
Yes , uncle , but I never think of George as a servant ; and he is not , he is our friend ; I am sure all that he does is because he is happy to do it for us ; and how well he talks , and how much he knows ; and how intelligent his face is , and how it lights up when he listens to the conversations and tales at table ! I do like to see his quiet laugh when anything is said that he enjoys . '
Sir James , more shocked than ever , looked colder than ever , while Flora , who knew well each change of a thermometer that never rose above temperate , continued : ' I shall put you out , uncle , so rather than you , let it be myself—good bye ! ' and she hurried hastily away , brushing her aunt with another kiss as she passed . Much conversation followed her exit : Sir James ' s usual cold ,
dry objections , and Lady Brandon ' s tearful palliations ; we prefer to omit both , choosing rather , while Flora makes her way to the stile , to give a slight outline of the character and history of the two families . Walter Brandon and his sister had been early left orphans to the care of a bachelor uncle , a country gentleman of gTeat wealth but small learning . His leading passion was to make his name
great , to distinguish himself and everything belonging to him by any lawful means that came within his reach . He had made many fruitless attempts to connect himself with some family of rank ; and now , despairing of any further advancement through his own person , he determined that his nephew and niece should be the achievers of this long-coveted exaltation . He saw how much the want of a complete education had impeded his own fortunes ,
and accordingly he determined to ^ ive the little Walter all the advantages himself had lacked . As for the girl , it was of less consequence ; she could pick up the crumbs that fell from the ample provision which he determined to furnish for her brother ' s mental table . He neither was , nor pretended to be , a judge of character , was ignorant of the different means necessary to effect a desired end ; ne acted solely as the thought of the moment
prompted , and in nine cases out of ten worked hard to produce the exact contrary result to that which he desired . He was a sufficient judge to detect a spirit in Walter that , if properl y managed , might , as he emphatically termed it , ' make a noise in the world ; ' and , accordingly , he began to look out for mean * by which he combustible matter tnight be concentrated , and go off vnth a loud report , to the glory ; honour , praise , and power , of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 463, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/27/
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