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Excerpt from The Parvenu Family, or Phoebe: Girl and Wife, Vol. 2 of 3
Oh dear yes, Lady Juliana so kind of you, Lady Juliana, etc.
Do, please, attend, said the lady im patiently, for it's all in your own interest. That sort of. Old-fashioned, vulgar taking society by storm, getting introduced right and left, with a grande dame to stand sponsor, is all nonsense nowadays, and wouldn't be endured. It is too gross. When shall I see you again? Shall it be at your house?
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