L^d .Lord Osborne’s Hounds,."¹––– At the end of these DancesEmma found they were to drink tea; — Miſs E.Edwardesgave her a caution to be at hand, in a mannerwhich convinced her of M^rs .. E’sEdwardes's holding it veryimportant to have them both^veiwwithin a yard^{close to her} of he^r, when she moved into the Tearoom;& Emma was accordingly on the alert to gain^hert^he proper station. It wa^s ^always the pleasure of thecompany always to have a little bustle &croud when they thus adjourned for ^refresh:what^{:ment; — & in paſsing thro’through the The Tea room was a small room within the Card room,Card room where}nine out of ten had no inclination^ ^{latter, where} the paſsage was straightened by Tables, M^rs . E.Edwardes& her party were for a few moments ^hemmedunable to ^{in.  It happened}proceed. Emm^a saw herself close by Lady Os::borne’s Caſsino Table; ^{Mr . Howard who belonged to it} & saw at t^he same time Spoke to his Nephew; & Emma on perceiving^{herself the object of attention ofto2 both to Ly.LadyO.Osborne & him,} th^at both Lady & Gentleman were had just turnedaway her eyes in time, ^{to avoid seeming to hear}when she heard her young^companionpar^tner delightedly whisper ^aloudin^ a very audiblevoice to his U^ncle^{Mr .H.Howard} — "Oh! Uncle, do look at mypartner. She is so pretty!" ^{To her great releif} —As³ They were imme::diately in motion again^^however,& Charles ^{was hurried off from} lef^t his Unclewithout being able to receive his Uncle’s suf::frage. ––– On entering the Tea room, in which