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[Miss Murdstone] was brought into the parlour with many tokens of welcome, and there formally recognized my mother as a new and near relative. Then she looked at me, and said:

'Is that your boy, sister-in-law?

My mother acknowledged me.

'Generally speaking,' said Miss Murdstone, 'I don't like boys. How d'ye do, boy?'

Under these encouraging circumstances, I replied that I was very well, and that I hoped she was the same; with such an indifferent grace, that Miss Murdstone disposed of me in two words:

'Wants manner!'