Sanditon: Diplomatic DisplayCambridgeKing's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
looked them over, added — "I beleive Ican explain
it Sir. — Your mistake isin the place. — There are two Willing::dens in this Country — & your adver::tisements refer to the other — which is
Great Willingden, or Willingden Abbots, & lies 7 miles
off, on the other sideof Battel — quite down in the Weald.And we Sir — (speaking
rather proudly)are not in the Weald." –––"Not down in the
Weald I am sure Sir, repliedthe Travellor, pleasantly.
It took ushalf an hour to climb your Hill. –Well Sir —
I dare say it is as you say, & I have made an
abominably stupidBlunder. — All done in a
moment; – the advertisements did not catch
myeye till thelast half hour of our beingin Town —; whereen1[.]everything2wasbeinginin
the hurry & confusion which always attend
ashort stay there –One is nevernothing able to becompletedanything in the way of Busineſsyou know till the Carriage is at the
door —andIaccordingly
satisfyingsatisfied myself with a breif enquiry,& finding we were
actually to paſs
Footnotes
- 1.
- 'where' is altered 'when'.Back to context...
- 2.
- First 'e' written over a single illegible character.Back to context...