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1.TheCountrySquire
InasmallprettyvillageinNottinghamshirethereformerlylivedarespectableSquire,whoexcelledallhisfriendsinamusementsathletic,andwhosemanneroflivingwasfarfromascetic.Awifehehadtakenforbetterorworse,whosetemperhadprovedanintolerantcurse;butatlength,tohisgreatandunspeakablejoy,shediedwhenpresentingafinelittleboy.Strangefanciesmenhave;—thefatherdesignedtowatcho’erthedawnofhisson'syouthfulmind,—that,onlyapproachedbythemasculinegender,noroomshouldbelefthimforfeelingsmoretender.“HadIne’erseenawoman,”heoftenwouldsigh,“WhatSquireinthecountrysohappyasI!”Theboywasintelligent,active,andbright,andtookinhisstudiesuncommondelight;nojuvenilefolliesdistractedhismind;novisionsofbrighteyes,ordamselsunkind,andthosefairdemisisterlybeingssogay,yclept“prettycousins,ne’erpoppedinhisway;tillatlengththisremarkablysingularsoncouldnumberofyearsthathadpassedtwentyone.”