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" 'Yes, sir.'

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" 'As governess?'

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" 'Yes, sir.'

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" 'And what salary do you ask?'

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" 'I had 4 pounds a month in my last place with Colonel Spence Munro.'

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" 'Oh, tut, tut! sweating -- rank sweating!' he cried, throwing his fat hands out into the air like a man who is in a boiling passion. 'How could anyone offer so pitiful a sum to a lady with such attractions and accomplishments?'

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" 'My accomplishments, sir, may be less than you imagine,' said I. 'A little French, a little German, music, and drawing --'

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" 'Tut, tut!' he cried. 'This is all quite beside the question. The point is, have you or have you not the bearing and deportment of a lady? There it is in a nutshell. If you have not, you are not fined for the rearing of a child who may some day play a considerable part in the history of the country.


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