Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
promote their going down to you for a fortnight. But in
truth, I doubt whetherSusan's nerves wd .would be equal to the effort.She has been suffering
much from the Headache, sand1 Six Leaches a day for 10 the days together last
week have releived her so a littlethat Iwe2 thought it
right to change ourmeasures – and being
convinced on exa::mination that much of
the Evil layin her Gum, I persuaded her to attackthe disorder there.
She hasaccordingly had 3 Teethdrawn accordingly, & is decidedly better,but her Nerves are a good deal deranged.She
can only speak in a whisper — and fainted
away twice this morningon poor Arthur's trying to suppreſs coughing. a cough. sneezing. He, I amhappy to say is
tolerably well — tho'thoughmore languid than I like – &
I fearfor his Liver. — I have heard nothingof Sidney since your being together
in Town,but conclude his scheme to
the I.Isle of Wight has not taken place, or we should
haveseen him in his way. — Most
sincerelydo we wish you a good Season at Sandi::ton, &
though we cannot contribute toyour Beau Monde in person, we aredoing our
utmost to send you Companyworth
having; —&3 think we
may safely reckon on securing you two
Footnotes
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- JA revises the passage by overwriting the 's' of 'Headaches' with 'a' of 'and', and inserting a comma between the two words 'Headache and'. Back to context...
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- 'we' written over 'I'. Back to context...
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- Ampersand written over dash. Back to context...