Sanditon: Diplomatic DisplayCambridgeKing's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
another person's claims to be taken into the account, those of
the young female relation,whom Lady D.Denham had been induced to receiveinto her Family.aAfter1 having alwaysprotested against any such
addition, depre::cating the
idea of a Companion, defying &
and long & often
enjoyed& enjoying the repeated defeats she hadgiven to every
attempt of her relations onthat head, she had been to introduce thisyoung Lady, or that young Lady as a Compa::nion at
Sanditon Hall House, she had brought back with her from London
last Michaelmasa Miſs Brereton, who bid fair by herMerits to vie in favour with Sir Edw[...]ard2,& to restore secure for herself & her familythat share
of the accumulated Property which they
had certainly the best rightto inherit. — Mr . Parker spoke warmly of Clara Brereton,
& the interest of hisStory increased very much with theintroduction of such a Character.young Woman. Charlotte listened with more than amuse::ment now; — it was
solicitude & Enjoyment,as she heard
her delineated described (andnot with to be lovely, amiable, gentle,unaſsuming, conducting herself uniformlywith great good Sense, & evidently gaining by her
innate worth, on the affectionsof her Patroneſs. – Beauty, Sweetneſs,
Footnotes
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- Lower-case 'a' altered to upper-case 'A'.Back to context...
- 2.
- 'ard' written over three illegible letters.Back to context...
