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say, as we go on.

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_Friday._--Edward and Caroline[174] seem very
happy here; he has nice play-fellows in Lizzie and
Charles. They and their attendant have the boys'
attic. Anna will not be surprised that the cutting
off her hair is very much regretted by several of
the party in this house; I am tolerably reconciled
to it by considering that two or three years may
restore it again.

Godmersham: Monday [June 20, 1808].

This morning brought me a letter from Mrs. Knight,
containing the usual fee, and all the usual
kindness. She asks me to spend a day or two with
her this week, to meet Mrs. C. Knatchbull, who,
with her husband, comes to the White Friars
to-day, and I believe I shall go. I have consulted
Edward, and think it will be arranged for Mrs. J.
A.'s going with me one morning, my staying the
night, and Edward driving me home the next
evening. Her very agreeable present will make my
circumstances quite easy. I shall reserve half for
my pelisse.

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_Wednesday._--I sent my answer by them [the
Moores] to Mrs. Knight; my double acceptance of
her note and her invitation, which I wrote without
effort, for I am rich, and the rich are always
respectable, whatever be their style of writing.

Ought I to be very much pleased with
_Marmion_?[175] As yet I am not. James reads it
aloud every evening--the short evening, beginning
at about ten, and broken by supper.

Godmersham: Sunday [June 26, 1808].

I am very much obliged to you for writing to me on
Thursday, and very glad that I owe the pleasure of
hearing from you again so soon to such an
agreeable cause; but you will not be surprised,
nor perhaps so angry as I should be, to find that
Frank's history had reached me before in a letter
from Henry. We are all very happy to hear of his
health and safety; he wants nothing but a good
prize to be a perfect character.

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They [the Knatchbulls] r