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kindneſs, on the other
grateful & affectionaterespect. — The Conversation turned entirelyupon
Sanditon, its present number of Visitants,& the Chances of a
good Season. It was evi::dent that Lady D.Denham had more anxiety, morefears of loſs,
than her Coadjutor. She wantedto have
the Place fill faster, & seemed to
havemany haraſsing apprehensions of theLodgings being in some instances under--let. – Miſs Diana
Parker's towo
large Familieswere not forgotten.
"Very very good, very good,said her Ladyship. — A West Indy Family
& a school. That sounds well. That willbring Money." — "No people spendare said morefreely, I beleive, than W.West Indians." observedMr .
Parker. — "Aye – so I have heard – andbecause they have full Purses, fancythink themselvesequal, may be, to your old Country Families.ButAnd then, they who scatter about theirMoney so freely, never think of
whetherthey may not be doing mischeif byraising the price of Things – And I have heard that's very much the
case withyour West-ingines — and if they
come among us to raise the price of our ne::ceſsaries of Life, we shall not muchthank them
Mr . Parker. —" "My dear Madam, They can only raise the price of con:
