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Miss Onoria Strickland lived in a semi-detached villa, and had no nonsense about her. Many women repose through life upon lesser attributes, they may have a handsome profile, a gift for putting on their clothes, a skilful tongue, or a kind heart. But Miss Strickland found rest in none of these minor alleviations of the spirit; she took her stand triumphantly upon her direct common sense.
No one could beat her there. "What," she would ask herself as she came to any crisis in her life or in the lives of her neighbours, "is the most sensible thing to do? " And when she had answered this question, she did it; or in cases where an action of her own was not indicated, she ordered it to be done by others.