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of her real Disposition. After the birth of Louisa however,

which one would have thought would have strengthened her regard



for Lesley, the mask she had so long supported was by degrees

thrown aside, and as probably she then thought herself secure in



the affection of her Husband (which did indeed appear if possible

augmented by the birth of his Child) she seemed to take no pains



to prevent that affection from ever diminushing. Our visits

therefore to Dunbeath, were now less frequent and by far less



agreable than they used to be. Our absence was however never

either mentioned or lamented by Louisa who in the society of



young Danvers with whom she became acquainted at Aberdeen (he was

at one of the Universities there,) felt infinitely happier than



in that of Matilda and your freind, tho' there certainly never

were pleasanter girls than we are. You know the sad end of all



Lesleys connubial happiness; I will not repeat it--. Adeiu my

dear Charlotte; although I have not yet mentioned anything of the



matter, I hope you will do me the justice to beleive that I THINK

and FEEL, a great deal for your Sisters affliction. I do not



doubt but that the healthy air of the Bristol downs will intirely

remove it, by erasing from her Mind the remembrance of Henry. I



am my dear Charlotte yrs ever

M. L.



LETTER the FOURTH

From Miss C. LUTTERELL to Miss M. LESLEY



Bristol February 27th

My Dear Peggy



I have but just received your letter, which being directed to

Sussex while I was at Bristol was obliged to be forwarded to me



here, and from some unaccountable Delay, has but this instant

reached me--. I return you many thanks for the account it



contains of Lesley's acquaintance, Love and Marriage with Louisa,

which has not the less entertained me for having often been



repeated to me before.

I have the satisfaction of informing you that we have every



reason to imagine our pantry is by this time nearly cleared, as

we left Particular orders with the servants to eat as hard as



they possibly could, and to call in a couple of Chairwomen to

assist them. We brought a cold Pigeon pye, a cold turkey, a cold



tongue, and half a dozen Jellies with us, which we were lucky

enough with the help of our Landlady, her husband, and their



three children, to get rid of, in less than two days after our

arrival. Poor Eloisa is still so very indifferent both in Health



and Spirits, that I very much fear, the air of the Bristol downs,

healthy as it is, has not been able to drive poor Henry from her



remembrance.

You ask me whether your new Mother in law is handsome and



amiable--I will now give you an exact description of her bodily

and mental charms. She is short, and extremely" target="_blank" title="ad.极端地；非常地">extremely well made; is



naturally pale, but rouges a good deal; has fine eyes, and fine

teeth, as she will take care to let you know as soon as she sees



you, and is altogether very pretty. She is remarkably good-

tempered when she has her own way, and very lively when she is



not out of humour. She is naturally extravagant and not very

affected; she never reads anything but the letters she receives



from me, and never writes anything but her answers to them. She

plays, sings and Dances, but has no taste for either, and excells



in none, tho' she says she is passionately fond of all. Perhaps

you may flatter me so far as to be surprised that one of whom I



speak with so little affection should be my particular freind;

but to tell you the truth, our freindship arose rather from



Caprice on her side than Esteem on mine. We spent two or three

days together with a Lady in Berkshire with whom we both happened



to be connected--. During our visit, the Weather being

remarkably bad, and our party particularly stupid, she was so



good as to conceive a violent partiality for me, which very soon

settled in a downright Freindship and ended in an established






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