--I was all
obedience again.
And did I not beseech you, madam--
Beseech me, my lord!--Yes--But with such looks!--I married, sir, let me
tell you, a man with another face--See, see, Emily--He is gone again.--
My lord flew out of the room in a rage.--O these men, my dear! said she
to Emily.
I know, said Emily, what I could have answered, if I dared: but it is ill
meddling, as I have heard say, between man and wife.
Emily says, the quarrel was not made up; but was carried higher still in
the morning.
She had but just finished her tale, when the following billet was brought
me, from Lady G----:
***
TUESDAY MORNING.
Harriet,
If you love me, if you pity me, come hither this instant: I have great
need of your counsel. I am resolved to be unmarried; and therefore
subscribe myself by the beloved name of
CHARLOTTE GRANDISON.
***
I instantly dispatched the following:
I Know no such person as Charlotte Grandison. I love Lady G----, but can
pity only her lord. I will not come near you. I have no counsel to give
you, but that you will not jest away your own happiness.
HARRIET BYRON.
***
In half an hour after, came a servant from Lady G---- with the following
letter:
So, then, I have made a blessed hand of wedlock. My brother gone: my man
excessive unruly: Lord and Lady L---- on his side, without inquiring into
merits, or demerits: lectured by Dr.
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