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Abbeychurch by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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which Fanny and Jane wore theirs?'

'Oh! we must all bow before Dykelands,' said Elizabeth.

'And I have been wondering what made you look so altered, Lizzie,'
said Lady Merton, 'and now I see it is your hair being straight. I
like your curls better.'

'Ah, so do I,' said Mrs. Woodbourne; 'but Lizzie docs not like the
trouble of curling it.'

'No,' said Elizabeth, 'I think it a very useless plague. It used
really to take me two hours a day, and now I am ready directly
without trouble or fuss. People I care about will not think the
worse of me for not looking quite so well.'

'Perhaps not,' said Lady Merton, 'but they would think the better of
you for a little attention to their taste.'

'They might for attention to their wishes, Aunt Anne,' said
Elizabeth, 'but hardly to their taste. Taste is such a petty
nonsensical thing.'

'I shall leave you and Anne to argue about the fine distinction
between taste and wishes,' said Lady Merton; 'it is more in your line
than mine.'

'You mean to say that I have been talking nonsense, Aunt Anne,' said
Elizabeth.

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