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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 where I might
run the risque 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 on me
to go, not suspecting 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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Date_1	1783-08-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	396	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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