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brought up, or they would not have
behaved so haughtily. It is a sin and
a shame, that one Christian should
affront another!—and what saith the
Scripture? Charity vaunteth not, is
not puffed up, doth not behave itself
unseemly.”

The next day, which was a holiday,
was fixed for Jessy to be invited to the
Cottage. Rosa was all joy and anima-
tion. Her attentions to her guest were
dictated by that pure benevolence.
which the factitious arts of politeness
so poorly imitate. All her infantine
efforts to amuse were called into action.
Jessy was all her care: she told her —
the prettiest stories—proposed the pret-
tiest plays—and gathered for her the
ripest cherries. What a heart has

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