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Show 30 nOEDUCl{. fen0c nhont fonr feC't high. Fit zhngh, s'vcrving his h or:-;c fr01n the Ini<l<llc of the ro:-ul to the Rwnn1 at the f\ide can1e np to the fl'nC'c an<l ~ 1 ll1tan cleared it at a 1 :1p. Paln1cr <1e ·lin •tl to follow, :L!Hl hi.' co1npanion h:t1Ling tnrnc<1 and \V:LVP<l his h:1nc1 ·with a. goo<lh tt morcc1 lnng h. lie \vaitec1 for l>nln1er to pn.Rs throush the ga•e an<l then they ro<.lc together np the hlufi'. }.li s Fairf':Lr lt:Ld alrc:Hly di:-;tnount e<l a1Hl \vas noL to be seen. The g •nLll'rncn, givjug th ·ir bri'-lles to a servant, enterc<.l Lhe house. They h~t<.l not sat lone.....r ..., 'vhen the y.. oun.g... l:uly n1ade her npp carance . I~"or son1c 1ninuL s the o 't of the onver:ation 1vas cl efr~1ycd :tln1ost exclusively by hen~clf. The thought~ of her vi~i Lor. were RO <'ngTo~sP<l ,,rj t h ndm irftt.ion of her beauty that th y tnlke<1 bnt little. They had ofLen seen her before. Fitzhugh h:t<1 kn~nvn h er front her infancy. IIis fhmily ancl hers h:ul long been Heighbors anc1 inti1n:1.te f'ricntl~. 'I'he acqunintanec between h er and Palmer ,,.n,~ of ::)Onle ye:trs' :-:~lnn<ling, though it 'vas little 1nore than fonnnl Neither f th gentlcnlen profe::ccl a ''{:tnncr feeling for her than fri nels hip; but, in her prc~ence, they felL the i~t,'cinn.Lion of a kind of beauty alway~ ne\v ancl t::nnpriKing. At length they found their tongue. nn<.l for half an hour the conver ·ation flo,ve<.l fluently enongh. They talkcc1 of neighborhood new', recent publieaLion.·, ne\V Inn ·ie nntl a Yariety of other topics of tran~ienL interest. .Tulia hac1 the pl ea~i n g talent of her t:;CX, nnd her conYersation, like her dre~s and IllftHncrH, h:td the uuobLrnsive chann of ~:~imple cleg:mce. Not fro1n any par:ulo of learning or aceon1plislnnents conld it l>e discovered that her education h:tcl been a~ con1plete ns 1ven.lth coul<l procure for her. She had rccei ,•ed also that better education which girls acqnire<.l in those happy HOEBUCK. 31 hom e~ in Vjrginia (h:1ppy now no n1or !) '"·h<'re o-t\ntle 1uanners " 'e re fr:uncd Lo IU O<lc:·dy and pnrity,Mani} ·where eh:tracten; were atlem pen·<l to the <.1 nt ie · of 1ife. Palmer, iu con v ('r~ation, ·wa.• · ~ n~iblc but fortnal. IL 'va.· appan'nt tha ~ hi-.; 1noderaLu i:tc•ttlt i< s ha<l been carefttll y eal Li \':tk'<l i 11 ~-;dl<.>ob;. 1J e was v \ r~e d in the f~t8hiou s and afl' ,etc(l the JuantH\r~-> of cities. IIis im.agina.tion wa ' <lnll :llHl he laeked the \' Prs:ltile nncl variou · ease< f :tn ngT<.•eaule t.tll·er. Tn that l'dR pee t l1u ·was ex c ~ 1. II c d I> y F i t z h 11 g·lt , \' It p n h e w a i n his lighter IllOO(l au l \V<L' excited by evugenial . 0111 _ pany. Julia, bc• i>~~ g reqnestc<l to .· in~, f:Lt at the p iano and snng au Italian NOll~ with urilli :tnL operatie ll1tU·dc n.t t.h? dl'sire of Pal:ner, \vhosc llllt"'i (·:d Ln.-.,~ ha<l 'rccc ·I \·e<l as elaborate cnlt nrc a~ his in h'll<.•et ; ancl then she snng an English L~<l:ul Lo graLily Fitzl~nn·h, who \\':ts ru~ 'll Lhnsi:l~Lie lo\'t'r oC 1nelody, but ·~\' ithont Intwh n:usi<::tl ~e~ en 'C. lier Dkiil ::4at i~Lie<l 1he judg lHCllt o( the en LH)} :lll<1 h c•r H\\'e t vniec t.hrilled the u crv :-3 of the cnthusiaKL. One of the gonLlmn u then rcqne~tec l her to sing :o1neihing of her own HelecLiou. " Tl \ l l '' I . l · lOll learcen, s te H:lH' '· ior I :un (roin cr to oc in o· . b b ·'? you a Hon.s w 1th a 1noral-a hon1cly little ~ong that \\ras sent to 1.ue the other d:-ty.'' \VheLher ·he took it up by aceiclcnL, or <:ho.·e Lo n.nln~c her ·eli with tho part oC a. p.Iar,fnl1uornlist, or \Va.' jnflueucc<l Ly sotne thong h.t .of l~ ltzhttgh, Who 'V;t S ttling into an atLittule ot l1H1olcn L <.lr \n.1ning, tnay hn.ve been uncertain t~ h er~elf. ::::>he csieemecl 1 fn g·h Fitzhng·h very 1~J.!rhly, an~l. tn•n.L<~d hi1~.1 \Vith as llltteh l :uniliariLy a~ hte-long incn(lsh1p uught " 'arrant Lctw ~eu yonuo· p erso ns of ditl'erenL ~e .'e.'. She :-::hareJ the rcoTet ~t lJis i1·ien<.l~ that, after leaving the Uni vcr ·ity ~viLh a |