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Chapter 8

           

           Thisundevelopedwasthepossibility,whichRichardSwivellersoughttoconcealevenfromhimself,ofhisnotbeingproofagainstthecharmsofMissWackles,andinsomeunguardedmoment,bylinkinghisfortunestohersforever,ofputtingitoutofhisownpowertofurthertheirnotableschemetowhichhehadsoreadilybecomeaparty.Forallthesereasons,hedecidedtopickaquarrelwithMissWackleswithoutdelay,andcastingaboutforapretextdeterminedinfavourofgroundlessjealousy.Havingmadeuphismindonthisimportantpoint,hecirculatedtheglass(fromhisrighthandtoleft,andbackagain)prettyfreely,toenablehimtoacthispartwiththegreaterdiscretion,andthen,aftermakingsomeslightimprovementsinhistoilet,benthisstepstowardsthespothallowedbythefairobjectofhismeditations.

           ThespotwasatChelsea,forthereMissSophiaWacklesresidedwithherwidowedmotherandtwosisters,inconjunctionwithwhomshemaintainedaverysmallday-schoolforyoungladiesofproportionatedimensions;acircumstancewhichwasmadeknowntotheneighbourhoodbyanovalboardoverthefrontfirst-floorwindows,whereuponappearedincircumambientflourishesthewords‘Ladies’Seminary’;andwhichwasfurtherpublishedandproclaimedatintervalsbetweenthehoursofhalf-pastnineandteninthemorning,byastragglingandsolitaryyoungladyoftenderyearsstandingonthescraperonthetipsofhertoesandmakingfutileattemptstoreachtheknockerwithaspelling-book.Theseveraldutiesofinstructioninthisestablishmentwerethusdischarged.

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