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and her Sister'sMarriage had greatly contributedto make so. [.]1 Divided thus from the two she lovedbest on Earth, while Cecilia & Mary were still moreendeared to her by their loſs, everything that brought a remembrance of them was doubly cherished, &the Shrubs they had planted, & the keepsakes theyhad given were rendered sacred —. The living ofChetwynde was now in the poſseſsion of a MrDudley, whose Family unlike the Wynnes wereproductive only of vexation & trouble to MrsPercivalPeterson,and her Neice. Mr Dudley, who was the youngerSon of a very noble Family, of a Family morefamed for their Pride than their opulence, tena::cious of his Dignity, and jealous of his rights, wasforever quarrelling, if not with MrsP.Percivaleterson herself,with her Steward and Tenants concerning tythes,and with the principal Neighbours themselves concerning the respect & parade, he exacted.ThHis Wife, an ill-educated, untaught Woman of ancient family, was proud of that family almost without knowing why, and like him too was haughty and quarrelsome, without con:

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