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At the end of a year she showed her daughter the
bill of all she had lost or destroyed during twelve
months, and it amounted to more than £50. Eglan-
tine, who was then only seven years of age, felt very
indifferent about the result of the calculation. Her
mother still hoped that she would become more
reasonable when she knew better the value of money,
and continued her journal with the greatest exactitude.
She was aided in her work by the governess, who:
each night gave Doralice, on a sheet of paper, a
detail of the prodigalities of which she had been wit-:
ness. Doralice put all those sheets in a box by them-:
selves, without adding them to the journal she was
writing. Very soon the memorandums of the gover-:
ness became so numerous that the box could hardly
contain them.

The journal proved that Eglantine’s indolence
and extravagance, instead of decreasing, was every)
day fast increasing. She often went now to walk
in the park, where she lost in four months the,
value of £50 in jewelry. One time ‘twas a ring,
another a locket, and next a brooch—all this without
taking into account the handkerchiefs and gloves for-.
gotten on the seats. When winter came her expenses
were still greater. Eglantine, like all indolent people,

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