The Watsons (2): Diplomatic DisplayOxfordBodleian Library, MS.Eng.e.3764
:preſsed at the same moment in his hand. –––As Tom Musgrave was seen no more, wemay suppose his plan to have succeeded, &imagine him mortifying with his
Barrel ofOysters, in dreary solitude
— or gladly aſsistingthe Landlady in her Barlittle parlour to makefresh Negus for the D happy Dancers above.Emma could not help miſsing the party,by whom she had been, tho’though in some respectssuch variousunpleasantly,ways, so
much distinguished, & the two Danceswhich
followed & concluded the Ball, wererather flat, in
comparison with the others. —Mr . E.Edwardes having play’dplayed with good luck, they weresome of the last in the room —"Here we are,back again I declare — said Emma
sorrowfully, as she walked into the Edwards’sDining room, where the Table was prepared,
for Supper, & the
neatwhere the Cloth was neat Upper maid was lightingthe Candles — "My dear Miſs Edwards – howsoon it is at an end!over! — I wish it could all comeover again! —" A great deal of kind pleasure wasThey all expreſsed their pleasurein her having enjoyed the Eveng .Evening so much —& Mr . Edwards was asparticularlywarm as herself,earnest in praisingin praise of
the fullneſs, brilliancythe excellence of the Meeting & Spirit of theMeeting