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192 whether his brother was not wholly wrong as to his conclusions—but that gentleman thought him right, and said, "Arthur had much better go down to the election, recover his spirits, encourage his appetite, brace himself by change of air, and amuse himself by variety of scene, until he got rid of an idea produced by the weakness of his nerves as much as his personal alteration." As every word that passed was repeated to Georgiana, which tended to reconcile her to the disappointment she experienced, and she had too much delicacy to say any thing, whatever she might feel, the circumstance only tended to make her appear more amiable in the eyes of her friends, who left nothing unsaid or undone to convince her of their regard; and the good baronet and his sister promised to reconvey her to London in a day or two. Meantime she was all on the qui vive to catch the sound of his voice, to learn where his room was situated, and who went into it; but, alas! in this she was foiled, for his sitting-room was at a considerable distance; and Lady Rotheles had no idea where he slept, nor what passage he used. She had procured a small room for Georgiana near her own, which was at the end of a long gallery up stairs, but the Haleses she believed kept as near the ground-floor as they could.

The second evening of her sojourn, Georgiana,