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"Justine, you may remember, was a great favourite of yours; and I

recollect you once remarked that if you were in an ill humour,

one glance from Justine could dissipate it, for the same reason

that Ariosto gives concerning the beauty of Angelica-she looked

so frank-hearted and happy. My aunt conceived a great attachment

for her, by which she was induced to give her an education

superior to that which she had at first intended. This benefit

was fully repaid; Justine was the most grateful little creature

in the world: I do not mean that she made any professions I never

heard one pass her lips, but you could see by her eyes that she

almost adored her protectress. Although her disposition was gay

and in many respects inconsiderate, yet she paid the greatest

attention to every gesture of my aunt. She thought her the model

of all excellence and endeavoured to imitate her phraseology and

manners, so that even now she often reminds me of her.