The Watsons (2): Diplomatic DisplayOxfordBodleian Library, MS.Eng.e.3764
Some saw no fault, & some no Beauty — . Withsome her brown skin was the annihilation ofeverygrace, & others couldthing good looking wh never be persuadedthat she were half so handsome as Eliz:Elizabeth Watsonhad been ten years ago. — The morng .morning paſsed quick::ly away in discuſsing the merits of the Ball withall theis1 succeſsion of
Company — & Emma wasat once astonished by findingto find it Two o’clock, & consideringandthat she had heardno Chair
come for nothing of her Father’sChair.After this discovery she had walked twiceTwice had she walked to the window to examinelook for the Street, & it, — & she was on the point of asking leave toring the bell & make
enquiries, when thelight sound of a Carriage driving up to
thedoor set her heart at ease. She stepd again
tothe window — but instead of the convenient tho'but2very un-smartFamily Equipagetoo longconveyance she expectedperceived a neatCurricle. —In two minutes Mr . Musgrave wasenteredshortly
afterwardsthe room announced; — & Mrs .. Edwards put on her very stiffest looka stiffer look than usual at the sound. — Notat all dismayed however by her chilling air, however,he madepaid3 his Compts ..Compliments to each of the Ladies withno unbecoming Ease, & continuing to addreſsEmma, presented
her a note, which he had "thehonour of bringing from her Sister.;" Butto which hemustmustobserve add , that a verbal postscript added, will not comment from himselfwd .would be requisite. —"
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- 'paid' written over 'made'.Back to context...
