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Chapter 18

           Shewasnobodywhenhemarriedher,barelythedaughterofagentleman;buteversinceherbeingturnedintoaChurchillshehasout-Churchill’dthemallinhighandmightyclaims:butinherself,Iassureyou,sheisanupstart."

           "Onlythink!well,thatmustbeinfinitelyprovoking!Ihavequiteahorrorofupstarts.MapleGrovehasgivenmeathoroughdisgusttopeopleofthatsort;forthereisafamilyinthatneighbourhoodwhoaresuchanannoyancetomybrotherandsisterfromtheairstheygivethemselves!YourdescriptionofMrs.Churchillmademethinkofthemdirectly.PeopleofthenameofTupman,verylatelysettledthere,andencumberedwithmanylowconnexions,butgivingthemselvesimmenseairs,andexpectingtobeonafootingwiththeoldestablishedfamilies.AyearandahalfistheveryutmostthattheycanhavelivedatWestHall;andhowtheygottheirfortunenobodyknows.TheycamefromBirmingham,whichisnotaplacetopromisemuch,youknow,Mr.Weston.OnehasnotgreathopesfromBirmingham.Ialwayssaythereissomethingdirefulinthesound:butnothingmoreispositivelyknownoftheTupmans,thoughagoodmanythingsIassureyouaresuspected;andyetbytheirmannerstheyevidentlythinkthemselvesequaleventomybrother,Mr.Suckling,whohappenstobeoneoftheirnearestneighbours.Itisinfinitelytoobad.Mr.Suckling,whohasbeenelevenyearsaresidentatMapleGrove,andwhosefatherhaditbeforehimIbelieve,atleastIamalmostsurethatoldMr.

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