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exercise myself –
he replied – & mean towalktake a great deal while I am here, ifthe Weather is temperate. I shall be out
every morning before breakfast & take several turns
upon the Terrace, & you will often see me at
TrafalgarHouse." — "But you do not call a walkto Traf:TrafalgarH.House much exercise? —" "Not, inas to mere distance, but the Hill is
so steep!there is such a steepHill to get up to it! — Walking up thatHill, in the middle of the day, would
throwme into such a Perspiration! — You wouldsee me all in a Bath, by the time I gotthere! — I am very subject to Perspiration.1which and there cannot be a surer signof Nervousneſs. —" They were now advancingso deep in Physics, that Charlotte thveiwed the entrance of the Servant withthe Tea things, as a very fortunate Inter::ruption. — It
produced a great & imme::diate change.
The young Man's attentions were instantly
lost. He took his ownCocoaPot from the Tray, – which seemedprovided with almost as many Tea--pots &c as there were persons in
com:=pany, Miſs P.Parker drinking one sort of Herb--Tea & Miſs Diana another, &
turningcompletely to the Fire, sat
coddling & cooking it to his own satisfaction &
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