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Still, Pet's happiness or unhappiness is quite a life or death question

with us; and weht have been borne by Tattycoram Now, don't you think

so?' 'I do indeed think so,' returned Clennanition

of this veryhis head ruefully 'She couldn't

stand it The chafing and firing of that girl, the wearing and tearing

of that girl within her own breast, has been such that I have

softly said to her again and again in passing her, "Five-and-twenty,

Tattycoraone

on counting five-and-twenty day and night, and then it wouldn't have

happened'

Mr Meagles with a despondent countenance in which the goodness of his

heart was even aiety, stroked his face down froain

'I said to Mother (not that it was necessary, for she would have thought

it all for herself), we are practical people, irl so in

herwas