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196 THE MAN OF FEELING.
hand. His aunt, however, was pretty well
accuftomed to thefe appearances of ab- !
fence befides, that the natural gravity f
of her temper, which was commonly call" i
ed into exertion by the care of her houfe-
hotd concerns, was fuch, as not eafily to
be difcompofed by any circumflance of
accidental impropriety. She too had been
informed of the intended match between
Sir Harry Benfon and Mifs Walton. “ 1
have been thinking, faid fhe, that they
.arediftant relations j for the great-grand¬
father of this Sir Harry Benfon, who was
knight of the fhirein the reign of Charles
the Firfl, and one of the cavaliers of
thofe t'mes, was married to a daughter of
the WaU°n family.” Harley anfwered
drily, that it might be fo ; but that he
jiever troubled himfelf about thefe mat¬
ters. “ Indeed, faid fhe, you are to
blame, nephew, for not knowing a little
more of them : before I was near your
age, I had fewed the pedigree of our fa¬
mily in a fet of chair-bottoms, that we^e
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