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and her Sister's Marriage 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 MrsPercival Peterson,and her Neice. Mr Dudley, who was the younger Son 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 Mrs P.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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