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The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1

CHAPTER VIII
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I shall be discontented at nothing.

And then I am not to be with a set of people with whom I have nothing in common--who would be nuisances and bores: but with you, whom I like and know, and who knows me.
"I have an odd circumstance to relate to you: prepare for a hearty laugh! The other day, Mr.---, a vicar, came to spend the day with us, bringing with him his own curate.

The latter gentleman, by name Mr.B., is a young Irish clergyman, fresh from Dublin University.

It was the first time we had any of us seen him, but, however, after the manner of his countrymen, he soon made himself at home.

His character quickly appeared in his conversation; witty, lively, ardent, clever too; but deficient in the dignity and discretion of an Englishman.


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