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just what I wanted. I could not go myself to
seck a place for her, and it was not every one’s
recommendation I was willing to take; but X
know what you call good will be good indeed.”

After a short conversation about other things,
Mr. Lovett said, ‘‘You have never seen my
daughter before, I believe ?”

‘No, sir, I never have.”

Eliza Bennet looked earnestly in Lucy’s face,
as if to see whom she resembled, and then, laying
her usad gently on hers, said kindly, “My dear
youug lady, you have a pleasant face like ny
Kete. I hope you will not make it the servant
of the Evil One, by letting it raise up a silly
vanity in your mind. Pardon me for speaking
80 freely to you.”’

Lucy did not answer, but Mr. Lovett said,
“She is obliged to you, Miss Bennet, and so
am I, for your excellent advice; but my poor
Lucy’s misfortune’—here Mr. Lovett put his
arm tenderly around his child — ‘makes her
think herself in more danger of becoming cnvious
of the personal graces of others than vain of

her own.”