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1  Cecily is not a silly romantic girl, I am glad to say.
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2  Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world.
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3  Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with.
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4  It is not a very pleasant position for a young girl suddenly to find herself in.
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5  The presence of the servants exercises a restraining influence, under which both girls chafe.
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6  An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be.
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7  Few girls of the present day have any really solid qualities, any of the qualities that last, and improve with time.
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8  As for your conduct towards Miss Cardew, I must say that your taking in a sweet, simple, innocent girl like that is quite inexcusable.
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9  If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won't want to know Bunbury.
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