Volume the Second: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 59874
Convinced
that I could not be mistaken in myconjecture I instantly sprang
from the Carriage Ihad just entered,
& following the VenerableStrangerinto the Room he had been shewn
to, I threw myselfon my knees before him & besought him to
acknowledgeme as his Grand-Child. – He started, & after havingattentively
examined my features, raised me fromthe Ground & throwing his Grand-fatherly arms aroundmy Neck, exclaimed, "Acknowledge thee! Yes dear re::semblance of my Laurina & my Lauraina's1Daughter,sweet image of my Claudia
& my Claudia's Mother,I do
acknowledge thee as the Daughter of the
one& the Grandaughter of the other." While he was thustenderly
embracing me, Sophia astonished at myprecipitate Departure, entered the Room in searchof me –. No sooner had
she caught the [..] eye of thevenerable Peer,
than he exclaimed with every markof Astonishment —"Another Grandaughter! Yes, yes,I see you are the Daughter of my Laurina's eldestGirl; Your resemblance to the beauteous
Matildasufficiently proclaims it."Oh! replied Sophia, when Ifirst beheld you the instinct of
Nature whisperedme that we were
in some degree related — Butwhether Grandfathers, or Grandmothers, I could not
Footnotes
- 1.
- Originally 'Laura'; 'a' overwritten with 'ina's'.Back to context...
