she has a very fine complexion and very pretty features, that she



already knows the two first letters in the Alphabet, and that she

never tears her frocks--. If I have not now convinced you of her



Beauty, Sense and Prudence, I have nothing more to urge in

support of my assertion, and you will therefore have no way of



deciding the Affair but by coming to Lesley-Castle, and by a

personal acquaintance with Louisa, determine for yourself. Ah!



my dear Freind, how happy should I be to see you within these

venerable Walls! It is now four years since my removal from



School has separated me from you; that two such tender Hearts, so

closely linked together by the ties of simpathy and Freindship,



should be so widely removed from each other, is vastly moving. I

live in Perthshire, You in Sussex. We might meet in London, were



my Father disposed to carry me there, and were your Mother to be

there at the same time. We might meet at Bath, at Tunbridge, or



anywhere else indeed, could we but be at the same place together.

We have only to hope that such a period may arrive. My Father



does not return to us till Autumn; my Brother will leave Scotland

in a few Days; he is impatient to travel. Mistaken Youth! He



vainly flatters himself that change of Air will heal the Wounds

of a broken Heart! You will join with me I am certain my dear



Charlotte, in prayers for the recovery of the unhappy Lesley's

peace of Mind, which must ever be essential to that of your



sincere freind

M. Lesley.



LETTER the SECOND

From Miss C. LUTTERELL to Miss M. LESLEY in answer.



Glenford Febry 12

I have a thousand excuses to beg for having so long delayed



thanking you my dear Peggy for your agreable Letter, which

beleive me I should not have deferred doing, had not every moment



of my time during the last five weeks been so fully employed in

the necessary arrangements for my sisters wedding, as to allow me



no time to devote either to you or myself. And now what provokes

me more than anything else is that the Match is broke off, and



all my Labour thrown away. Imagine how great the Dissapointment

must be to me, when you consider that after having laboured both



by Night and by Day, in order to get the Wedding dinner ready by

the time appointed, after having roasted Beef, Broiled Mutton,



and Stewed Soup enough to last the new-married Couple through the

Honey-moon, I had the mortification of finding that I had been



Roasting, Broiling and Stewing both the Meat and Myself to no

purpose. Indeed my dear Freind, I never remember suffering any



vexation equal to what I experienced on last Monday when my

sister came running to me in the store-room with her face as



White as a Whipt syllabub, and told me that Hervey had been

thrown from his Horse, had fractured his Scull and was pronounced



by his surgeon to be in the most emminent Danger. "Good God!

(said I) you dont say so? Why what in the name of Heaven will



become of all the Victuals! We shall never be able to eat it

while it is good. However, we'll call in the Surgeon to help us.



I shall be able to manage the Sir-loin myself, my Mother will eat

the soup, and You and the Doctor must finish the rest." Here I



was interrupted, by seeing my poor Sister fall down to appearance

Lifeless upon one of the Chests, where we keep our Table linen.



I immediately called my Mother and the Maids, and at last we

brought her to herself again; as soon as ever she was sensible,



she expressed a determination of going instantly to Henry, and

was so wildly bent on this Scheme, that we had the greatest



Difficulty in the World to prevent her putting it in execution;

at last however more by Force than Entreaty we prevailed on her



to go into her room; we laid her upon the Bed, and she continued

for some Hours in the most dreadful Convulsions. My Mother and I



continued in the room with her, and when any intervals of

tolerable Composure in Eloisa would allow us, we joined in



heartfelt lamentations on the dreadful Waste in our provisions

which this Event must occasion, and in concerting some plan for



getting rid of them. We agreed that the best thing we could do

was to begin eating them immediately, and accordingly we ordered



up the cold Ham and Fowls, and instantly began our Devouring Plan

on them with great Alacrity. We would have persuaded Eloisa to



have taken a Wing of a Chicken, but she would not be persuaded.

• accordingly [ə´kɔ:diŋli] ad.因此；从而；依照 (初中英语单词)


• manager [´mænidʒə] n.经理；管理人；干事 (初中英语单词)


• tragedy [´trædʒidi] n.悲剧；惨案；灾难 (初中英语单词)


• exhibit [ig´zibit] vt.展出 n.展览品 (初中英语单词)


• carriage [´kæridʒ] n.马车；客车；货运 (初中英语单词)


• knowing [´nəuiŋ] a.会意的，心照不宣的 (初中英语单词)


• endeavour [in´devə] n.&v.努力，试图，尽力 (初中英语单词)


• instantly [´instəntli] ad.立即，立刻 (初中英语单词)


• acting [´æktiŋ] a.代理的 n.演戏 (初中英语单词)


• welfare [´welfeə] n.福利(事业) (初中英语单词)


• residence [´rezidəns] n.居住(期间)；住宅 (初中英语单词)


• romantic [rəu´mæntik] a.传奇(式)的；浪漫的 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• humble [´hʌmbəl] a.谦卑的 vt.贬抑 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• deserve [di´zə:v] v.应受；值得 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• mental [´mentl] a.精神的；心理的 (初中英语单词)


• despair [di´speə] vi.&n.绝望 (初中英语单词)


• youngster [´jʌŋstə] n.年轻人；小伙子；少年 (初中英语单词)


• situated [´sitʃueitid] a.位于；处于….境地 (初中英语单词)


• extensive [ik´stensiv] a.广阔的；大量的 (初中英语单词)


• delightful [di´laitful] a.讨人喜欢的 (初中英语单词)


• contrary [´kɔntrəri] a.相反的 n.相反 (初中英语单词)


• lively [´laivli] a.活泼的；热烈的 (初中英语单词)


• graceful [´greisfəl] a.优美的，流畅的 (初中英语单词)


• innocent [´inəsənt] a.无罪的；单纯的 (初中英语单词)


• sensible [´sensəbəl] a.感觉得到的 (初中英语单词)


• convince [kən´vins] vt.使确信；使认识错误 (初中英语单词)


• alphabet [´ælfəbet] n.字母表 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)


• essential [i´senʃəl] a.必需的 n.要素，要点 (初中英语单词)


• wedding [´wediŋ] n.婚礼，结婚 (初中英语单词)


• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ] n.痛苦；灾害 (初中英语单词)


• running [´rʌniŋ] a.奔跑的；流动的 (初中英语单词)


• scheme [ski:m] n.计划；阴谋，诡计 (初中英语单词)


• dreadful [´dredful] a.可怕的；讨厌的 (初中英语单词)


• hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)


• indulge [in´dʌldʒ] v.(使)沉迷；沉溺；放任 (高中英语单词)


• remembrance [ri´membrəns] n.记忆(力)；回忆 (高中英语单词)


• openly [´əupənli] ad.公开地；直率地 (高中英语单词)


• worthless [´wə:θləs] a.无价值的 (高中英语单词)


• prudent [´pru:dənt] a.谨慎的；精明的 (高中英语单词)


• complexion [kəm´plekʃən] n.肤色；情况；局面 (高中英语单词)


• removal [ri´mu:vəl] a.可移动的；可去除的 (高中英语单词)


• impatient [im´peiʃənt] a.不耐烦的，急躁的 (高中英语单词)


• mistaken [mis´teikən] mistake的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• recovery [ri´kʌvəri] n.重获；获得；恢复 (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• surgeon [´sə:dʒən] n.外科医生；军医 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• determination [di,tə:mi´neiʃən] n.决心；决定 (高中英语单词)


• inconvenience [,inkən´vi:niəns] n.不方便；打扰 (英语四级单词)


• sterling [´stə:liŋ] a.真正的 n.英国货币 (英语四级单词)


• amiable [´eimiəbəl] a.亲切的，温和的 (英语四级单词)


• habitation [,hæbi´teiʃən] n.居住；住所 (英语四级单词)


• impatiently [im´peiʃəntli] ad.不耐烦地，急躁地 (英语四级单词)


• drawing [´drɔ:iŋ] n.画图；制图；图样 (英语四级单词)


• edinburgh [´edinbərə] n.爱丁堡 (英语四级单词)


• graciously [´greiʃəsli] ad.仁慈地，和蔼庄重地 (英语四级单词)


• graham [´greiəm] a.&n.用全麦粉做的 (英语四级单词)


• reputation [repju´teiʃən] n.名誉；名声；信誉 (英语四级单词)


• theatrical [θi´ætrikəl] a.戏院的；戏剧(性)的 (英语四级单词)


• unfinished [´ʌn´finiʃt] a.未完成的，未完工的 (英语四级单词)


• unworthy [ʌn´wə:ði] a.不值得的；不足道的 (英语四级单词)


• maternal [mə´tə:nl] a.母亲的；母性(系)的 (英语四级单词)


• experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)


• prudence [´pru:dəns] n.谨慎；慎重；节俭 (英语四级单词)


• assertion [ə´sə:ʃən] n.断言；主张；论述 (英语四级单词)


• vastly [´vɑ:stli, ´væstli] ad.巨大地；广阔地 (英语四级单词)


• composure [kəm´pəuʒə] n.镇静，沉着 (英语四级单词)


• accidentally [,æksi´dentəli] ad.偶然地 (英语六级单词)


• charlotte [´ʃɑ:lət] n.水果奶油布丁 (英语六级单词)


• sprightly [´spraitli] a.活泼的；轻快的 (英语六级单词)


• affected [ə´fektid] a.做作的；假装的 (英语六级单词)


• thoughtless [´θɔ:tləs] a.粗心的，轻率的 (英语六级单词)


• retired [ri´taiəd] a.退休的；通职的 (英语六级单词)


• insensible [in´sensəbəl] a.麻木的；冷淡的 (英语六级单词)


• entreaty [in´tri:ti] n.恳求，哀求 (英语六级单词)