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318 milliner's and silk mercer's bills to a great extent, but she did not accept dinner invitations, as she inevitably found that one additional glass of wine lost her a whole night's rest, and fixed on her cheek a hectic blush, more beautiful than agreeable. Happy was Georgiana when a summons arrived from Rotheles Castle, (the consequence of that letter, of which she was hitherto ignorant) because she trusted that her mother's native air in early spring could hardly fail to be restorative. Mamma would not allow, indeed, that she ailed any thing, and had been positively denied to the Count, (for whom she had still a lingering affection) because he insisted that she was far from well, and grew thinner every day, and, of course, even the most inexperienced of her children thought that something might be done, and ought to be done on her behalf. We might expatiate on the literary parties to which at this period of her career Lady Anne Granard "did seriously incline," under the idea of becoming herself a bright star in the galaxy of "noble authors," but, as we do not want to gild refined gold, by extolling the highly gifted, and the truly agreeable, and still less to caricature our friends, and so paint little blemishes, that they become great eye-sores, we will leave such descriptions to those of keener eye-sight, and more satirical taste. Whatever might be the talents of the party, it is certain Lady Anne was