Volume the Third: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 65381
in the World except the Small pox
which doesnot spring from it." It was in vain that
Kitty endeavoured to convince her that her fears onthe
occasion were groundleſs; that it was not yet late
enough to catch cold, and that even if it were, she might hope to
escape any other com::plaint, and to recover in
leſs than ten Months.MrsPetersorcivalPeterson1only replied that she hoped she knewmore of Ill health than to be convinced in
sucha point by a Girl who had always been
perfectly well, and hurried up stairs leaving Kitty tomake
her apologies to Mr & Mrs Stanley for goingto bed –. Tho'Though MrsPercivalPeterson2 seemed perfectly satis::fied with
the goodneſs of the Apology herself,
yetKitty felt somewhat embarraſsed to find thatthe only one she could offer to their Visitors
wasthat her Aunt had perhaps caught cold, forMrs Peterson
charged her to make light of it, forfear of alarming them. Mr & Mrs Stanley
howeverwho well knew that their Cousin was
easilyterrified on that Score, received the
account of it
Footnotes
- 1.
- In superlinear insertion, 'Percival' altered from 'Peterson' by writing 'rciv' over 'terso' and adding 'al'.Back to context...
- 2.
- 'Percival' written in pencil.Back to context...