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Camilla

Part 1 Chapter 6 Tuition of a young Lady

Word Count: 1967    |    Released on: 11/11/2017

cher; and the first question he asked her at the appointed hour for study, was answered by a burst of tears.To Dr. Orkborne this sorrow would have proved n

as the knowledge of Latin: ‘Consider, Sir,’ she cried, ‘what an obstacle it will prove to her making her way in the great world, when she comes to be of a proper age for thinking of an establishment. What gentleman will you ever find that will bear with a learned wife? except some mere downright fogrum, that no young lady of fashion could endure.’She then spoke of the danger of injuring her beauty by study; and ran over all the qualifications really necessary for a young lady to attain, which consisted simply of an enumeration of all she had herself attempted; a little music, a little drawing, and a little dancing; which should all, she added, be but slightly pursued, to distinguish a lady of fashion from an artist.Sir Hugh, a good deal disturbed, because unable to answer her, thought it would be best to interest Dr. Orkborne in his plan, and to beg him to reconcile her to its execution. He sent, therefore, a message to the Doctor, to beg to speak with him immediately.Dr. Orkborne promised to wait upon him without delay: but he was at that moment hunting for a passage in a Greek author, and presently forgot both the promise and the request.Sir Hugh, concluding nothing but sickness could detain him, went to his apartment; where, finding him perfectly well, he stared at him a moment; and then, sitting down, begged him to make no apology, for he could tell his business there as well as any where else.He gave a long and copious relation of the objections of Miss Margland, earnestly begging Dr. Orkborne would save him from such another harangue, it being bad for his health, by undertaking to give her the proper notion of things himself.The Doctor, who had just found the passage for which he had been seeking, heard not one word that he said.Sir Hugh, receiving no answer, imagined him to be weighing the substance of his narration; and, therefore, bidding him not worry his brain too much, offered him half an hour to fix upon what should be done; and returned quietly to his own room.Here he sat, counting the minutes, with his watch in his hand, till the time stipulated arrived: but finding Dr. Orkborne let it pass without any notice, he again took the trouble of going back to his apartment.He then eagerly asked what plan he had formed?Dr. Orkborne, much incommoded by this second interruption, coldly begged to know his pleasure.Sir Hugh, with great patience, though much surprise, repeated the whole, word for word, over again: but the history was far too long for Dr. Orkborne, whose attention, after the first sentence or two, was completely restored to his Greek quotation, which he was in the act of transcribing when Sir Hugh re-entered the room.The baronet, at length, more categorically said, ‘Don’t be so shy of speaking out, Doctor; though I am afraid, by your silence, you’ve rather a notion poor Indiana will never get on; which, perhaps, makes you think it not worth while contradicting Mrs. Margland? Come, speak out!–Is that the case with the poor girl?’‘Yes, sir,’ answered Dr. Orkborne, with great composure; though perfectly unconscious of the proposition to which he assented.‘Lack a-day! if I was not always afraid she had rather a turn to being a dunce! So it’s your opinion it won’t do, then?’‘Yes, sir,’ again replied the Doctor; his eye the whole time fastened upon the passage which occupied his thoughts.‘Why then we are all at a stand again! This is worse than I thought for! So the poor dear girl has really no head?–Hay, Doctor?&ndash

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1 To The Queen2 Part 1 Chapter 1 A Family Scene3 Part 1 Chapter 2 Comic Gambols4 Part 1 Chapter 3 Consequences5 Part 1 Chapter 4 Studies of a grown Gentleman6 Part 1 Chapter 5 Schooling of a young Gentleman7 Part 1 Chapter 6 Tuition of a young Lady8 Part 1 Chapter 7 Lost Labour9 Part 2 Chapter 1 New Projects10 Part 2 Chapter 2 New Characters11 Part 2 Chapter 3 A Family Breakfast12 Part 2 Chapter 4 A Public Breakfast13 Part 2 Chapter 5 A Raffle14 Part 2 Chapter 6 A Barn15 Part 2 Chapter 7 A Declaration16 Part 2 Chapter 8 An Answer17 Part 2 Chapter 9 An Explication18 Part 2 Chapter 10 A Panic19 Par 2 Chapter 11 Two Lovers20 Part 2 Chapter 12 Two Doctors21 Part 2 Chapter 13 Two Ways of looking at the same Thing22 Part 2 Chapter 14 Two Retreats23 Part 2 Chapter 15 Two Sides of a Question24 Part 3 Chapter 1 A few kind Offices25 Part 3 Chapter 2 A Pro and a Con26 Part 3 Chapter 3 An Author's Notion of Travelling27 Part 3 Chapter 4 An Internal Detection28 Part 3 Chapter 5 An Author's Opinion of Visiting29 Part 3 Chapter 6 An Author's Idea of Order30 Part 3 Chapter 7 A Maternal Eye31 Part 3 Chapter 8 Modern Ideas of Duty32 Part 3 Chapter 9 A Few Embarrassments33 Part 3 Chapter 10 Modern Ideas of Life34 Part 3 Chapter 11 Modern Notions of Penitence35 Part 3 Chapter 12 Airs and Graces36 Part 3 Chapter 13 Attic Adventures37 Part 4 Chapter 1 A Few Explanations38 Part 4 Chapter 2 Specimens of Taste39 Part 4 Chapter 3 A Few Compliments40 Part 4 Chapter 4 The Danger of Disguise41 Part 4 Chapter 5 Strictures on Deformity42 Part 4 Chapter 6 Strictures on Beauty43 Part 4 Chapter 7 The Pleadings of Pity44 Part 4 Chapter 8 The Disastrous Buskins45 Part 4 Chapter 9 Three Golden Maxims46 Part 5 Chapter 1 A Pursuer47 Part 5 Chapter 2 An Adviser48 Part 5 Chapter 3 Various Confabulations49 Part 5 Chapter 4 A Dodging50 Part 5 Chapter 5 A Sermon51 Part 5 Chapter 6 A Chat52 Part 5 Chapter 7 A Recall53 Part 5 Chapter 8 A Youth of the Times54 Part 6 Chapter 1 A Walk by Moonlight55 Part 6 Chapter 2 The Pantiles56 Part 6 Chapter 3 Mount Ephraim57 Part 6 Chapter 4 Knowle58 Part 6 Chapter 5 Mount Pleasant59 Part 6 Chapter 6 The Accomplished Monkies60 Part 6 Chapter 7 The Rooms61 Part 6 Chapter 8 Ways to the Heart62 Part 6 Chapter 9 Counsels for Conquest63 Part 6 Chapter 10 Strictures upon the Ton64 Part 6 Chapter 11 Traits of Character65 Part 6 Chapter 12 Traits of Eccentricity66 Part 6 Chapter 13 Traits of Instruction67 Part 6 Chapter 14 A Demander68 Part 6 Chapter 15 An Accorder69 Part 6 Chapter 16 An Helper70 Part 7 Chapter 1 The right Style of Arguing71 Part 7 Chapter 2 A Council72 Part 7 Chapter 3 A Proposal of Marriage73 Part 7 Chapter 4 A Bull-Dog74 Part 7 Chapter 5 An Oak Tree75 Part 7 Chapter 6 A Call of the House76 Part 7 Chapter 7 The Triumph of Pride77 Part 7 Chapter 8 A Summons to Happiness78 Part 7 Chapter 9 Offs and Ons79 Part 7 Chapter 10 Resolutions80 Part 7 Chapter 11 Ease and Freedom81 Part 7 Chapter 12 Dilemmas82 Part 7 Chapter 13 Live and Learn83 Part 8 Chapter 1 A Way to make Friends84 Part 8 Chapter 2 A Rage of Obliging85 Part 8 Chapter 3 A Pleasant Adventure86 Part 8 Chapter 4 An Author's Time-keeper87 Part 8 Chapter 5 An Agreeable Hearing88 Part 8 Chapter 6 Ideas upon Marriage89 Part 8 Chapter 7 How to treat a Defamer90 Part 8 Chapter 8 The Power of Prepossession91 Part 8 Chapter 9 A Scuffle92 Part 8 Chapter 10 A Youthful Effusion93 Part 8 Chapter 11 The Computations of Self-Love94 Part 8 Chapter 12 Juvenile Calculations95 Part 9 Chapter 1 A Water Party96 Part 9 Chapter 2 Touches of Wit and Humour97 Part 9 Chapter 3 An Adieu98 Part 9 Chapter 4 A Modest Request99 Part 9 Chapter 5 A Self-dissection100 Part 9 Chapter 6 A Reckoning