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'' | <p> near ten days ago Sir James gave a public breakfast & <lb/>ball a kind of farewell entertainment to the English as <lb/>well as the principal of the Russian nobility.</p> <p>he had pressed me much to come to it but as I have <lb/>made a point not to appear in public when I might <lb/>run the <gap/> of meeting the Countess till I was <lb/>settled here in the service and <del>was</del> should be by that <lb/>means enabled to make final proposals to her, I <lb/>declined Sir James's invitation. This was on the <lb/>day previous to the entertainment. In the same evening<lb/>Sir J. supping at the Marshal's gave to understand <lb/>that I should not be at his entertainment and <lb/>therefore <unclear>misadvised</unclear> the Countess's friends to let her come.<lb/>I spent that evening at the Prince Dashkoff's.<lb/>The with one or the other of my friends represented the <lb/>matter in such a light as in short prevailed in me <lb/>to go, not respecting that Sir James had taken <lb/>any notice of my refusing his invitation.</p> <p>When I came there I found her and the expression <lb/>in her looks strengthened so much some assurances I had <lb/>just received from her that I was unable to quit the <lb/>room - as I ought to have done. This mortified <gap/><lb/>the Aunt who could not but suspect Sir James of having | ||
near ten days ago Sir James gave a public breakfast &
ball a kind of farewell entertainment to the English as
well as the principal of the Russian nobility.
he had pressed me much to come to it but as I have
made a point not to appear in public when I might
run the of meeting the Countess till I was
settled here in the service and was should be by that
means enabled to make final proposals to her, I
declined Sir James's invitation. This was on the
day previous to the entertainment. In the same evening
Sir J. supping at the Marshal's gave to understand
that I should not be at his entertainment and
therefore misadvised the Countess's friends to let her come.
I spent that evening at the Prince Dashkoff's.
The with one or the other of my friends represented the
matter in such a light as in short prevailed in me
to go, not respecting that Sir James had taken
any notice of my refusing his invitation.
When I came there I found her and the expression
in her looks strengthened so much some assurances I had
just received from her that I was unable to quit the
room - as I ought to have done. This mortified
the Aunt who could not but suspect Sir James of having
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Samuel Bentham |
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