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Show THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTERMatilda CHAPTER CHAPTJR CHAPTERMatilda : Matilda Smith Lovely ( Smif Smlt Smlf , , " ) youneost youngcst youngest and physic'illy physicilly ph > ) lcilly slc"l.l1y slcl.l1y slcll1y ' " . the weightiest of ot tho the four tour Lo Lovely Lonely , ely sifters sisters , finds heraelf henelt herself In de decidedly dccidedly cldcdly cidedly wholives straitened strattened circumstances The fimlly C\mlly C mlly f'tmlly ftmlly ' \ ' estate e tato , Lovely Lovelylea lea , In Virginia . . , Is owned by Smit Smlf Smif a s brother , Bill-Loo Bill Loo Bill-Lee Lee Bill-Leo Leo - , who lives in Chile . , Smite Smit Smlf s dearest dearost to ' " with Ish la Is to 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n Lo\ Lo Lot Loel Lovelilea \ el ell ) lea . , , It Is ) rented rentod to x a : Mr Johnetona Johnstone Nesbit Nosblt Nesblt Under the tho name Madame MadameS MadameSa.ltou MadameSaltou Sa.ltou Saltou . .Itou Itou . ' * Smit Smlf Smif establishes herself hersclf 8S as & a Little Llttlo Sinter Sister of tho the Rich , , " a 8 consultant She Sh has a . . client who desires to evade evadethe evadethe evadethe the 10 lovorliko loserltko ' crllke pursuit of ot an cxtraordlnarlli cxtraordlnarll extraordinarily ) stout Indy lady , whom he refers relers to as Mercy Later . , the th lady la.dy . In question MssMartha Miss Mss MissMartha MicaMartha Martha Johnny'Smif JohnnySmif . Washlncton Washington Mercede Mercedes Morccdc\ Morccdc Morccdccomes . \ , comes Her story Is ts that because boca.uso bocauso . of ot her excess weight the she has ha lost her lover lovor , Johnny ' Smlf Smif advises ndIses adttses nd\ nd \ Ises her to diet diot until she sho has hns reduced Mercy proposes proposc proposoa ' ! that tha.t . Smif Smlt should shoulc1 try the 'cure cure "cure " ' ' , ' ; , ' and It If tho the results rosults nre are nresa.tlstactory aresatisfactory aresatisfactory sa.tlstactory satlstactory satisfactory . Mercy will follow her example For ror a generous fee tee . , Smif Smlf consents ' 'Johnny Johnny ' ' discovers Smlfs SmK Smlf s Identity a.nd and a.ndIs andis . findIs Is himself hlmselt recognized by Smit Smlf Smif as the tenant of ot Lovelylea . , , Johnstono Johnstone Nesbit Nesbtt He tells her a . . pathetic ttory story of his child child- childhood childhood childhood - hood In France rrance and England Circumstances made him the lessee of Lovelylea . . . Unused to Virginia Vlrglnla's Vlrglnlas Virginia's Virginias . . ' ways , ho thought thought- - lessly thoughtlessly violates lolate8 tiolatea , the conventions and nnd Is condemned by his neighbors . as a.s not a & gentleman ' Ho has ha a . miniature of his great- great greatgrnndmother greatgrandmother great-grandmother great grandmother - grnndmother grandmother and tells Smif 8mlf the tho portrait Is t that of ot Lorrilne Lorr"l.lnc Lorrl.lnc Lorrllnc Lorrtine " . Lovel Loveli Lovely ) , alson also ' \ in \n n m ancestress nncestr'ss nncestrss ( ' of Smif Smlt According to Virginia tr'1 tr1 tra tr'1dltlons traditions triditlons ' dltlons ditions , , he and Smif 8mlt are ' 'cousins cousins ' ' Sml Smif ! s reducing ' course courqe gives ghes gltes promise of splendid rc rcbults results ! > ults ' . Iscsbit 2.esblt 2esblt l.esblt lesblt . takes an np'1rtment np1rtment apartment ' In apirtmentIn np'1rtmentIn apartmentin Ne New Ness " York HIs Hl real name nnme Is Rock Rockwcll Itockscll " ell , but for fimlly hmlly family rcisons re1.sons re1sons reasons . ho took tho the name of Neibit Neqblt Nesblt Johnstone Nesbit familiar tamlllar- tamlllar familiar- familiarly tamlllarIy - ' , * ' ' ly Iy 'Stone Stone |