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delicate health." — "It was very strange! –very remarkable! – very extraordinary" but they were all
agreed in determing1 itto be impoſsible that there should not betwo Families;totally seperate & distinct, such a totally distinct set of people as
wereconcerned in the reports of each,them made thatmatter quite certain.
There must be twoFamilies. — Impoſsible to be otherwise. – "Im::poſsible" &
"Impoſsible," was repeated over&
over again with great fervour. – Anaccidental
resemblance of Names & circum::stances, however striking at first,
involvednothing really incredible — and so it
wassettled. — Miſs Diana herself
derivedan immediate advantageGood to counterbalance herPerplexity. She must put her shawl over
her shoulders, & be running about again. Tired as she was,
she must instantlyrepair to the Hotel,
to investigate thetruth & offer her Services. —
Chapter 11.
It would not do. — Not all that
the wholeParker racefamily could say among themselves,cd .could produce a happier catastofrophéeé2 thanthat the Family from Surry & the Familyfrom Camberwell werebeing one & thesame. — The rich
Westindians, & theyoung LadiesSeminary had all entered
Footnotes
- 1.
- 'determing' written in error for determining. The caret within the descender of the 'g', though redundant, was presumably added with the intention of inserting the missing 'in'.Back to context...
- 2.
- JA originally wrote 'catastof' before changing the 'of' to 'rop', and finishing the word 'hée', before overwriting what looks like a double 'e' with a single 'é'.Back to context...