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«Oh, I do mt know, exactly!” said
Lydia; “ but she goes to church three times
on a Sunday, and associates with people that
pretend to be so pious, and so much better
than other people.”

‘You hate her, then, because she goes to
church so often?” said Ellen. .

“Why that is not all: she. as such a
prim precise air; there is alwa mething
about her so correct, that I feel uneasy
where she is.. Beside, everybody says she is
good and handsome, and all that. I hate
people that are always praised by everybody,
for 1 believe they are no better than other
people, and are only more deceitful.”

“You feel, perhaps, a sort of envy, and
this may lead you to see their conduct in a
false lights Envy and prejudice, Lydia, will
often “@eceive us. Now l1 know Grace
Gridley, and I think her as different as pos-
sible from what you think her to be. So far
from being precise and hypocritical, she is
one of the most frank, sincere, and kind-
hearted creatures that I ever knew. I wish
you would allow me to make you better
acquainted with her.”

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