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178 to us, and must have distressed herself in order to procure two very elegant dresses nearly like mine, so that I fear she could not do more, though she has, at present, only one girl to fit up for the occasion; and, luckily, she is very pretty—in that piece of good fortune she resembles myself." "Thank you, dear mamma," said Lady Ginevra, with a smile well meriting the marble that shall transmit it to future ages. Three rainy days succeeded, and a whole week of tempest followed, after which there was the promise of better weather; and the committee, for the third and concluding time, fixed on the two middle days of the following week for their appeal to an intelligent and benevolent public. During the very bad weather, when persons could neither ride nor walk, the duchess, either by beautiful notes (to be kept as heirlooms) or by calls at the nearest houses, got people to work for the bazaar, and kept Lady Anne always in sight and in employment, of one kind or other, as she had superior taste, and could tell how many things ought to be done, though she did them no longer; for time was that she had made one in the working parties of Queen Charlotte and her daughters, the most accomplished artistes in woman's special emporium of useful knowledge. But, although her friends were kind, Lady Anne was not easy; neither daughter made her appearance, nor did she receive a letter to account for their silence.