Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
Civilities & Communications, while Charlottehaving added her name to the List with all becoming alacrity as the first offering to thesucceſs of the Season, was busy in proceeding tosome immediate purchases for thefurther good of Everybody, as soon as Miſs Whitby
could behurried down from her Toilette,
with all hergloſsy Curls
& smart Trinkets, ornamented Combs to waiton her. – The Library of course, afforded everything;
all the useleſs things in the Worldthat cd .could not be done without, & among somany pretty Temptations, & with so muchgood
will for Mr . P.Parker to encourage Expenditure,
Charlotte began to feel that she must checkherself – or rather she reflected began to feel that at two& Twenty
there cd .could be no excuse for herdoing otherwise – & that it wd .would not do,1for her to bespending all her Money thevery first Evening.She took up a Book; it happened
to be a of her arrival. – A vol:volume of Camilla. happened to lie on the Counter. She had not Camilla's Youth, & had no intention of having her Distreſs., –so, she turned from
the The Gla Drawers of rings & Broches must be resisted repreſsed farther solici::tation & paid for what she bought. — For her particular gratification, they
werethen to take a Turn on the Cliff — butas they quitted the Library they were met
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