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. I am, sir, and will certainly act in the manner you have pointed out to me. _Old Hum_. Then let us return to the house. [_Exeunt_. SCENE II.--_A parlour in_ HUMBUG'S _house_. MRS. HUMBUG _and_ FANNY _discovered at work_. _Mrs. Hum_. You understand me, my love? _Fanny_. Perfectly, ma'am: pray continue your narration. _Mrs. Hum_. Alas! it is nearly concluded; for I have nothing more to say on the subject. _Fanny_. Ah! here is Daphne. _Enter_ DAPHNE. _Daphne_. My dear Mrs. Humbug, how d'ye do? Oh! Fanny, it is all over. _Fanny_. Is it indeed! _Mrs. Hum_. I'm very sorry to hear it. _Fanny_. Then 'twas to no purpose that I-- _Daphne_. None upon earth. _Mrs. Hum_. And what is to become of--? _Daphne_. Oh! 'tis all settled. (_Whispers_ MRS. HUMBUG.) _Fanny_. And how is it determined? _Daphne_. I'll tell you. (_Whispers_ FANNY.) _Mrs. Hum_. And is he to--? _Daphne_. I'll tell you all I know of the matter. (_Whispers_ MRS. HUMBUG _and_ FANNY.) _Fanny_. Well, now I know everything about it, I'll go away. _Mrs. Hum_. and _Daphne_. And so will I. [_Exeunt_. SCENE III.--_The curtain rises, and discovers_ SIR EDWARD SPANGLE _reclined in an elegant attitude on a sofa fast asleep_. _Enter_ COL. ELLIOTT. _Col. E_. My daughter is not here, I see. There lies Sir Edward. Shall I tell him the secret? No, he'll certainly blab it. But he's asleep, and won't hear me;--so I'll e'en venture. (_Goes up to_ SIR EDWARD, _whispers him, and exit_.) END OF THE FIRST ACT. FINIS. * * * * * Her own mature opinion of the desirableness of such an early habit of composition is given in the following words of a niece:-- 'As I grew older, my aunt would talk to me more seriously of my reading and my amusements. I had taken early to writing verses and stories, and I am sorry to think how I troubled her with reading them. She was very kind about it, and always had some praise to bestow, but at last she warned me against spending too much time upon them. She said--how well I recollect it!--that she knew writing stories was a great amusement, and _she_ thought a harmless one, though many people, she was aware, thought otherwise; but that at my age it would be bad for me to be much taken up with my own compositions. Later still--it was after she had gone to Winchester--she sent me a message to this effect, that if I would take her advice I should cease writing ti
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