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you must be convinced how unhappy it wouldmake me."

"You talk very ridiculously Child; it is all whim & Nonsense. Why cannot you fancy this room an Arbour?

"Had this room been built by Cecilia & Mary, I should have valued it equally Ma'am, for it is not merelythe name of an Arbour, which charms me."

"Why indeed MrsPercival Peterson, said Mrs Stanley, I mustthink that Catherine's affection for her Bower is theeffect of a Sensibility that does her Credit. I loveto see a Freindship between young Persons Ladies and alwaysconsider it as a sure mark of an aimiable of their being disposed affectionate disposition to like one another. I have from Camilla's infancy taught her to think the same, and have taken great pains to introduce her to young people of her own age who were likely to be worthy of her regard. There is something mighty pretty I think in young Ladies corresponding with each other, and nothingforms the taste more than sensible & Elegant Let::ters –. Lady Halifax thinks just like me –. Camillacorresponds with her Daughters, and I beleive I mayventure to say that they are none of them the worse for it."

These ideas were too modern to suit MrsPercival Peterson who

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