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THE GENTLEMEN OF THE FAMILY 
HERE is not a great deal to 
be said about the gentle- 
men of the Spinner family. 
As a rule, they are insignificant fel- 
lows, and make no _ pretension to 
strength and chivalry, as so many 
husbands and brothers in other fami- 
lies love to do. 
In the first place, many of them are 
mere dwarfs by the side of their wives 
and sisters, so they could not be very 
chivalrous, even if they were so dis- 
posed. Intheir dress some of them are 
very modest, wearing dull, inconspicu- 
ous colors. Others, however, dress 
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