Volume the Third: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 65381
Mrs Peterson's parlour than in her own Arbour,where Mrs Peterson for fear of its being damp never accompanied her.
As her Aunt prided herself on the
                            exactpropriety and Neatneſs
                            with which every thingin her Family was
                            conducted, and had no higherSatisfaction than that of knowing her house
                            to be always in complete order, as her fortunewas good, and
                            her EstablishmentAmple, fewwere the preparations
                                neceſsary for the recep::tion
                            of her Visitors. The day of their arrivalso
                            long expected, at length came,arrived, and the Noise ofthe Coach & 4 as it drove round the sweep,
                            wasto Catherine a more interesting sound, than anthe1Music of an Italian Opera,
                            which to most He::roines is the hight of Enjoyment. Mr & MrsStanley were people of LargeFortune & highFashion. He was a Member of the house and ofCommons, and they were therefore most agreablyneceſsitated
                            to reside half the year in Town; whereMiſs Stanley had been attended by the most capitalMasters from the time of her being six years old
                            to the
Footnotes
- 1.
 - 'the' written over 'an'.Back to context...
 
