I beleive wanted only opportunity for doing so. —

Everything however was going on calmly & qui:etly; & tho' I counted the hours of Sir James's stay, my mind was entirely satisfied with the postureof affairs. — Gueſs then what I must feel at the sudden disturbance of all my schemes, & that too from a quarter, whence I had least reason to ap::prehend it. — Reginald came this morning intomy Dressing room, with a very unusual solemnity of countenance, & after some preface informed mein so many words, that he wished to reason withme on the Impropriety & Unkindneſs of allowingSir James Martin to address my Daughter, con::trary to her inclination. — I was all amaze::ment. — When I found that he was not to be laughed out of his design, I calmly required an explanation, & begged to know by what he was im::pelled & by whom commiſsioned to reprimand me.