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"Now, my dear," said Mrs. Taylor to her husband, "just look and see if you do not notice a marked resemblance between the countenances of Jane and Clotelle." Miss Morton entered the room just as Mrs. Taylor ceased speaking. "Have you heard that the Jamisons are down with the fever?" inquired the young lady, after asking about the health of the Taylors.
"Now, my dear," said Mrs. Taylor to her husband, "just look and see if you do not notice a marked resemblance between the countenances of Jane and Clotelle." Miss Morton entered the room just as Mrs. Taylor ceased speaking. "Have you heard that the Jamisons are down with the fever?" inquired the young lady, after asking about the health of the Taylors.
"About this younger son that came to America, now?" sez I. "Well, the present Earl married beneath him I visited close to Clarenden Castle, an' I know all about it," sez Bill. "He married an American girl with lots of money, Florence Jamison of Philadelphia." "Jamison?" sez I. "Yes, Jamison," sez Bill. "I suppose you are well acquainted with the Philadelphia Jamisons?"
"Well, that name does awaken a purty tol'able fairsized echo," sez I, "but still, to be perfectly frank with you, me an' the Jamisons ain't on what you could call intimate terms any more." "I'm glad to learn it," sez Bill. "I'd hate to think that I had irritated you by implicatin' that it was a come-down for an English Earl to marry into your circle."
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