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I pass on to the next criticism, which a little "editing" on my part could have averted

Date of account: Published 1907
Source: Seen and Unseen
Reference: Seen and Unseen · selected passage 97
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Now this was not exactly the message one cared to send to a rather recent acquaintance

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Now this was not exactly the message one cared to send to a rather recent acquaintance. To begin with, the reference to Mrs Kent's valued friend in the opening sentence was scarcely polite! Then again, the prophecy of an heir to Rush was one that I regretted should have been made, as it would probably only lead to disappointment. Mrs Kent's first child had been a little son, from whose loss she had never recovered. When I was staying at the castle, two nice little girls, old enough to come down to early dinner, at our luncheon hour, comprised the family. Another child was certainly expected to arrive about Christmas-time (my visit was paid in September), but Mrs Kent herself was fully convinced that this would be _another girl_, as she said rather sadly.

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