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Somerville's great pitcher of tea frequently
drained, although he pretended to be very exclusive, and offer his
services to none but the children of St. Austin's, to whom Winifred
introduced him. The rest of the company walked round the cloisters,
which were covered with dark red roses and honeysuckles, talking to
the old people, admiring their flowers, especially Mr. Dillon's
dahlias, and watching the troop of children, who looked like a living
flower-bed.
Mrs. Hazleby chanced to be standing near Mrs. Bouverie, a lady who
lived at some distance from Abbeychurch, and who was going to stay
and dine at the Vicarage. She was tolerably well acquainted with Mr.
Woodbourne, but she had not seen the girls since they were quite
young children, and now, remarking Elizabeth, she asked Mrs. Hazleby
if she was one of Mr. Woodbourne's daughters.
'Oh yes,' said Mrs. Hazleby, 'the eldest of them.'
'She has a remarkably fine countenance,' said Mrs. Bouverie.
'Do you admire her?' said Mrs. Hazleby; 'well, I never could see
anything so remarkably handsome in Lizzie Woodbourne.


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