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Title: Life and letters of Maggie Benson
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
Subjects: Benson, Margaret, 1865-1916
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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, whatever happened,my father understood their position and their difh-culties. Thus there was always the sense at Lambeththat my father was the General of a great Order, soto speak, and held the reins firmly in his hands. The contrast of Addington was very great.Addington was a huge country-house, a real chateau,in a large park with beautiful woodlands, with thesuburbs coming up to the gates almost, but withthe most rustic of villages behind, and a remotepastoral countryside. The life there was extremelyquiet, but for occasional parties of distinguishedvisitors. It was a country-house without amuse-ments, except for riding and little games. Our greatfriends and companions were the households ofCharles and Henry Goschen, who lived close by;and the Mylnes, the Carrs, and John Reeve, wholived successively at the Vicarage. My sisters hada big room, called the schoolroom, looking out onto a lawn and a terrace, with the great cedar-treesupported by innumerable props ; beyond, the park 82 (
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ADDINGTON and woodland stretched in all directions. Even thenwe were not often alone, but there was none of thestir of Lambeth. Nelly flung herself into the exterior life both ofLambeth and Addington. She had a district inLambeth and visited diligently, while at Addingtonshe made friends with the villagers, taught, organisedexperiments, made herself useful in many ways. But this was not so much in Maggies line. Hertastes were never exactly sociable, though she wasalways dutiful. But she had not Nellys companion-ableness, nor did she find amusement and interest,as Nelly did, in every human being within reach.Maggie read more and painted more. She wrotea little manual of political economy, called Capital,Labour, Trade and the Outlook, and she planned aphilosophical work. She was always ready to layher work aside, but left to herself, she took it upagain quietly, and all her employments were de-liberate and careful. She travelled about a gooddeal; stayed with the families of her Oxford f

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