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These are quotations of my own language that were deleted before publication.

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"Harriet Weaver was evidently worried by the responsibility she had accepted for the welfare of Mr. Joyce's daughter. The previous descriptions of Lucia's potential violence made her even more nervous, and she had an anxious and inhibited disposition in less trying circumstances. She never knew how to measure Lucia's unruliness in relation to her own more cautious nature. Looking back, it is even harder to judge whether Lucia's actions were irresponsible or whether Harriet Weaver let her own anxiety get out of hand."