"Why, you see, a good many folks have seen it, and want to have it on their harness, as it's a pretty looking concern enough."
So much for their ideas of a crest. This though, by the by, happened some years ago.
After the gentlemen joined us, my father made me sing to them, which I did with rather a bad grace, as I don't think any body wished to hear me but himself.
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Dr. —— is perfectly enchanting. They left us at about eleven. Came to bed.
Sunday, 23d.
Rose at eight. After breakfast, went to church with D——. There is no such thing, I perceive, as a pew-opener; so, after standing sufficiently long in the middle of the church, we established ourselves very comfortably in a pew, where we remained unmolested. The day was most lovely, and my eyes were constantly attracted to the church windows, through which the magnificent willows of the burial-ground looked like golden green fountains rising into the sky.
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