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Mother to the Manwhowhom shewas continually seeing securingthethat happineſs of her otherChild.Of all the family, Mary was probablythe one most immediately gratifiedbywhen the circumstance. — It was cre::ditable to have a Sister married,andshe might flatter herself that it had shebeen at her house, that it hadbeen greatly instrumental to the connectionit,1 byhaving Anne stayingto stay with her inthe Autumn; & as her own Sistermust be better than her HusbandsSisters, it was very agreableto herthat Captn .CaptainWWentworth should be aricher Man than either Capt.CaptainB.Benwickeor Charles Hayter. — She had some::thing to suffer perhaps whenthey came into contactto be together again,in seeing Anne restored to therights of Seniority & the Mistreſsof a very pretty Landaulet butshe had a future to look forwardto, of powerful consolation — Annehad no Uppercroſs Hall before her,no LandedEstate, no Headship

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