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shocks me; I cannot understand it. Povertyis a great Evil, but to a woman of Education &feeling it ought not, it cannot be the great:=est. — I would rather be Teacher at a school(and I can think of nothing worse) than marrya Man I did not like. –" "I would rather doany thing than be Teacher at a school — saidher Sister. I have been at school, Emma,& know what a Life they lead; you neverhave. – I should not like marrying a disa::greable Man any more than yourself, –but I do not think there are many very disagreable Men; – I think I could likeany good humoured Man with a com::fortable Income. — I suppose my Auntbrought you up to be rather refined." "Indeed I do not know. – My Conduct musttell you how I have been brought up.I am no judge of it my self. I cannot com::pare my Aunt's method with any otherpersons, because I know no other." —"But I can see in a great many thingsthat you are very refined. I have observedit ever since you came home, & I am

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