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John was courteous and affable; but he neither smoked nor drank, and there was a mutual repulsion between him and many of Lillie's habitués. "I say, Dan," said Bill Sanders to Danforth, as they were smoking on one end of the veranda, "you are driven out of your lodgings since Seymour came." "No more than the rest of you," said Danforth. "I don't know about that, Dan.
Madame de Tullegig was of course retained primarily for the adornment of Mrs. Follingsbee's person. It was understood, however, on this occasion, that the composition of the costumes was to embrace both hers and Lillie's, that they might appear in a contrasted tableau, and bring out each other's points.
Lillie's mind, for instance, hasn't been cultivated as yours and Letitia's. She isn't at all that sort of girl. She's just a dear, gentle, little confiding creature, that you'll delight in. You'll form her mind, and she'll look up to you. You know she's young yet." "Young, John! Why, she's seven and twenty," said Grace, with astonishment. "Oh, no, my dear Gracie! that is all a mistake.
Her face wore a pretty air of droll assurance at the thought. It was too funny. "My dear," said Belle Trevors, who was one of Lillie's incense-burners and a bridesmaid elect, "have you the least idea how rich he is?" "He is well enough off to do about any thing I want," said Lillie.
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