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"'Chaplain, papa? Lord bless us!'
"'Yes, Miss Mannering, chaplain; is there anything very new in that word ? Had we not a chaplain at the Residence, when we were in India?'
"'Yes, papa, but you were a commandant then.'
"'So I will be now, Miss Mannering--in my own family at least.'
"'Certainly, sir--but will he read us the Church of England service?'
"The apparent simplicity with which I asked this question got the better of his gravity. 'Come, Julia,' he said, 'you are a sad girl, but I gain nothing by scolding you.--Of these two strangers, the young lady is one whom you cannot fail, I think, to love--the person whom, for want of a better term, I called chaplain, is a very worthy, and somewhat ridiculous personage, who will never find out you laugh at him, if you don't laugh very loud indeed.'
"'Dear papa, I am delighted with that part of his character. -- But pray, is the house we are going to as pleasantly situated as this?'
"'Not perhaps as much to your taste--there is no lake under the windows, and you will be under the necessity of having all your music within doors.'
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