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THE SKJUTS-BOY. 179
"lffo, dear papa. I declare roundly, that before I know of
whom you are speaking, I shall wish fo see with my own eyes,
and take advice from my own hear#; and do you hOt think that
is natural, dear papa? as my own future happiness is certainly
most concerned."
"Those are very improper remarks, dear Amelia. Is hot #he
careful love of your parents a sufficient pledge that the person
whom they bave chosen for you would be worthy of you #"
But now Amelia’s heart beat higher, and a deeper red over-
spread ber cheeks# for if ber father was speaking of a man who
was worthy of ber, by which _&melia meant one who knew how
fo gain ber hear#, in that case, the one could no# be referred to,
whom she of all most detested; no, if certainly was–
Itere Amelia’s further conclusions car#e fo an end. Partly
ber own modesty did not allow ber fo carry them further; and
partly by the rough manner in #vhich the lieutenant-colonel put
the next question. With an important air, he continued–
" Itas Amelia so little confidence in the reason of ber
parents that she will hot even leave fo them the choice of a
husband ?"
"Assuredly, dear papa, I bave the utmost confidence in you;
I was afraid, for a moment only, that if might be, possibly, the
most insufferable man in the world, the Chamberlain de Goesse,
who was ruade, by everybody at the bath, the butt of their jokes
and laughter."
"For my par#," replied the lieutenant-colonel, coldly, "I knov¢
that none did so but the assessor, who allowed himself the îm-
l#olite#ess of doing so. T o make merry aL the expense of others
is, of itself, such a dishonourable thing, that I believe such an
atteml#t would arouse sentiments of disgust in a noble-souled
girl. If the contrary is the case, if is only an evidence that she
is yet too weak and too careless, so that one might hot demand
ber judgment of others. I had expected, on the contrary, that
you would have entertained a feeling of horror against the man
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