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Updated: May 5, 2025
He had every excuse, for she was lithe, and beautiful, and a joyous companion; besides being, as the lady's maid justly remarked, a perfect lady. One day, after Dolly had been a fortnight at Upcombe, the Compsons gave a picnic in the wild Combe undercliff.
Their name was Compson, and their father was rector of their native village, Upcombe. Dolly liked them very much, and was proud of their acquaintance, because they were reckoned about the most distinguished pupils in the school, their mother being the niece of a local viscount.
From that day forth it was understood at Upcombe that Dolly Barton was informally engaged to Walter Brydges. Their betrothal would be announced in the "Morning Post" "We learn that a marriage has been arranged," and so forth as soon as the chosen bride had returned to town, and communicated the great news in person to her mother.
Before Dolly had spent three whole days at the rectory, she talked just as the Compsons did; she picked up by pure instinct the territorial slang of the county families. One would have thought, to hear her discourse, she had dressed for dinner every night of her life, and passed her days in the society of the beneficed clergy. But even that did not exhaust the charm of Upcombe for Dolly.
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