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" Yes," responded Abbot; " if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that."
" Not a great deal, to be sure," agreed Bessie: " at any rate, a beauty like Miss Georgiana would be more moving in the same condition."
" Yes, I doat on Miss Georgiana!" cried the fervent Abbot. " Little darling!-- with her long curls and her blue eyes, and such a sweet colour as she has; just as if she were painted!-- Bessie, I could fancy a Welsh rabbit for supper."
" So could I-- with a roast onion. Come, we ' ll go down." They went.