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exercise myself – he replied – & mean towalk take 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:Trafalgar H.House much exercise? —" "Not, inas to mere distance, but the Hill is so steep! there is such a steep Hill to get up to it! — Walking up that Hill, 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.1 which and there cannot be a surer signof Nervousneſs. —" They were now advancingso deep in Physics, that Charlotte th veiwed 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 own Cocoa Pot 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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