Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Romance of Private Life
- VOL II
- VOL III
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- Endnotes
- Silent Corrections
CHAPTER I
from VOL III
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Romance of Private Life
- VOL II
- VOL III
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- Endnotes
- Silent Corrections
Summary
Don Pedro. In faith, lady, you have a merry heart.
Beatrice. Yea, my Lord, I thank it, poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care.
Shakspeare.‘My dear Hugh,’ said Mrs. Fitzmaurice, as her husband was quitting the room one morning after breakfast, ‘come back a moment; I have a favour to ask of you.’
‘What is it? What is it, Bess? I have an appointment with Jervis, and am in a great hurry; don't detain me, for I dare say you / only want to ask some trifle you might just as well order or buy without my interference.’
‘No, no; I neither want to buy or to order! I want to ask your leave to invite Ella to accompany us into Shropshire.’
‘With all my heart! Ella is a very pleasant girl, and I wish she may be induced to consent: but at such short notice, and at this gay time of the year, I very much doubt it.’
‘There is no reason to believe she will object; but – mamma – I fear mamma may make some difficulty.’
Mr. Fitzmaurice looked at his wife's ingenuous, but somewhat uneasy countenance, with a half-suppressed smile, and returning to his chair, said:
‘What put this scheme into your head, Bess? It seems to have occurred to you very suddenly.’
‘True; I had no thoughts of it when I / went to Mrs. Clare's last night; the London season is still at its height, and I concluded, Ella would like to enjoy another month of its gaieties; but the way in which I saw her drawn on to encourage – or, rather, to attract young Sedley.…’
‘Ah, I thought as much! But, dear Bess, let young Sedley shift for himself. He will either withstand the lures thrown out for him, or submit, with a good grace, to his fate, and turn out a very happy fellow.’
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- The Romance of Private Lifeby Sarah Harriet Burney, pp. 227 - 232Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014