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their first note is a scold. But the troubles of 

 this courtship had, like the wars of Augustus 

 and Arabella in a three-volume novel, consumed 

 so much time that there was none left for post- 

 nuptial chronicles, and I was obliged to leave 

 them with a neighborhood quarrel on hand 

 which promised full employment for the head 

 of the family while his little mate was sitting. 



