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at Sanditon, she was said to have madethis boast to a friend "that though shehad got nothing but her Title from the Family, still she had given nothingfor it." — For the Title, it was to be supposedthat she had married – & Mr . P.Parker acknowledged there being just such a degree of value forit apparent now, as to give her conduct it that na::tural explanation. —"There is at timessaid he – a little self-importance – but itis not offensive; — & there are moments,there are points, when her Love of Moneyis carried greatly much too far. But she is a good--natured Woman, a very goodnatured Woman; – a very obliging, is nat friendly Neighbour;a chearful, independant, valuablecharacter. to usand her faults may are to be entirely cheifly imputedto her the want of Education. She has goodnatural Sense, but quite uncultivated. — She has a fine active mind, as well asa fine healthy frame for a Woman of 70, & enters into the improvement of Sanditonwith a spirit truly admirable – which one admires — thoughnow & then, a Littleneſs will appear. She cannot look forward quite as I wouldhave her – & takes alarm at a triflingpresent expence, without consideringwhat returns it will make her . —in1a year or two.

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