Dread lest her Mother's proposal that they should all remain at home, might be accepted, was very violent in her sorrow on the occasion, andth[..]ough¹ her apprehensions on the subject were soon quieted by Kitty's protesting that sooner than allow any one to stay with her, she would herself go, she continued to lament it with such unceasing ve::hemence as at last drove Kitty to her own room.Her Fears for herself being now entirely diſsipated left her more than ever at leisure to pity andpersecute her Freind who tho'though safe when in her own room, was frequently removing from it to some other in hopes of being more free from pain,and then had no opportunity of escaping her –––.

"To be sure, there never was anything so shocking, said Camilla; To come on such a day too! For one would not have minded it you know had itbeen at [...]any² other time. But it always is so.I never was at a Ball in my Life, but what something happened to prevent somebody fromgoing! I wish there were no such things as Teethin the World; they are nothing but plagues to