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In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends…

William Makepeace Thackeray
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I hope the artist who illustrates this work will take care to do justice to his portrait. Mr. Clive himself, let that painter be assured, will not be too well pleased if his countenance and figure do not receive proper attention.
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