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 an awful moment! I should have been in fits for three days. Eh! Dr. Sly?"

"Certainly you would. Madam—your nerves are very delicate."

"Well! I, for my part, never could see much use in giving up to one's feelings. It's all very well for commoners," rather rudely exclaimed the Marchioness' Toadey—"but we did not choose to expose ourselves to the servants, when the old General died this year. Every thing went on as usual. Her Ladyship attended Almacks; my Lord took his seat in the House; and I looked in at Lady Doubtful's; where we don"t visit, but where the Marchioness wishes to be civil."

"Oh! we don't visit Lady Doubtful either," replied Miss Gusset: she hadn't a card for our fête champêtre. Oh! I was so sorry you were not in town. It was so delightful!

"Oh! do tell me who was there. I quite