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1、MyLadyCapriceMyLadyCapricebyJeffreyFarnol1MyLadyCapriceITREASURETROVEIsatfishing.Ihadnotcaughtanything,ofcourse-Irarelydo,noramIfondoffishingintheverysmallestdegree,butIfishedassiduouslyallthesame,becausecircumstancesdemandedit.IthadallcomeaboutthroughLadyWarburton,Lisbeth'smaternalaunt.WhoL
2、isbethisyouwilllearnifyoutroubletoreadtheseveraciousnarratives-sufficeitforthepresentthatshehasbeenanorphanfromheryouthup,withnolivingrelativesavehermarriedsisterJuliaandherAunt(withacapitalA)-theLadyWarburtonaforesaid.LadyWarburtonissmallandsomewhatbony,withasharpchinandasharpernose,andinva
3、riablyuseslorgnette;also,sheispossessedofmuchworldlygoods.PreciselyaweekagoLadyWarburtonhadrequestedmetocalluponher-hadregardedmewithacuriousexactitudethroughherlorgnette,andgentlythoughfirmly(LadyWarburtonisalwaysfirm)hadsuggestedthatElizabeth,thoughadearchild,wasyoungandinclinedtobealittle
4、self-willed.Thatshe(LadyWarburton)wasofopinionthatElizabethhadmistakenthefriendshipwhichhadexistedbetweenussolongforsomethingstronger.Thatalthoughshe(LadyWarburton)quiteappreciatedthefactthatonewhowrotebooks,andoccasionallyaplay,wasnotnecessarilyimmoral-StillIwas,ofcourse,aterribleBohemian,a
5、ndtheairofBohemiawasnotcalculatedtoconducetothatdegreeofmatrimonialharmonywhichshe(LadyWarburton)asElizabeth'sAunt,standingtoherinplaceofamother,couldwishfor.That,therefore,underthesecircumstancesmyattentionswere-etc.,etc.HereIwouldsayinjusticetomyselfthatdespitethetorrentofhereloquenceIhada
6、tfirstmadesomeattemptatresistance;butwhocouldhopetocontendsuccessfullyagainstawomanpossessedofsuchanindomitablenoseandchin,andone,moreover,whocouldlevelapairoflorgnettewithsuchdeadlyprecision?Still,hadLisbethbeenbesidemethingsmighthave2MyLadyCapricebeendifferenteventhen;butshehadgoneawayinto
7、thecountry-soLadyWarburtonhadinformedme.Thusaloneandathermercy,shehadsucceededinwringingfrommeahalfpromisethatIwouldceasemyattentionsforthespaceofsixmonths,"justtogivedearElizabethtimetolearnherownheartinregardtothematter."ThiswaslastMonday.OntheWe
