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...myself this morning beyond six o'clock. On this account I was unable to cleanse the shoes of my master F., a Senior, but was obliged to hurry to Chapel. Consequently, when I returned after breakfast, F. called me into his room, and taking down a whip he is wont to use in riding, despite my entreaties, he so belabored my shoulders that I almost fainted. This is the first occasion that I have not attended to my duties, and I have no words to express my anger towards F. However, there is consolation in thinking that I shall have...
...daughter Bertha did not at all resemble him; yet she was a very pretty girl, though hers was not a face that expressed much piquancy or force of character. We soon became acquainted with each other in the easy, friendly way that the intercourse of a summer hotel is wont to bring about, and I began to like her very well indeed; and soon found that, if she were not a wonderfully bright woman, she was really a charming girl...
...wont to parties...
...once was wont to mingle...
...once was wont to tussle...