The perfect form, the beautifull face,& elegant manners of Lucy so won onthe affections of alice that when theyparted, which was not till after Supper,She aſsured her that except her Father, Brother, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins & otherrelations, Lady Williams, Charles Adams& a few dozen more of particular freinds,she loved her better than almost anyother person in the world.

Such a flattering aſsurance ofher regard would justly have given muchpleasure to the object of it, had she notplainly perceived that the amiable Alicehad partaken too freely of Lady Williams'sclaret.

Her Ladyship (whose discernment