was great) read in the intelligent countenance of Lucy ^her on thoughts on the subject & ^{as soon as} whenMiſs Johnson had taken her leave, thusaddreſsed her.

" When you are more intimately"" acquainted with my Alice you will "" not be surprised, Lucy, to see the dear "" Creature drink a little too much; for"" such things happen every day. She has"" many rare & charming qualities, but "" Sobriety is not one of them. The whole"" Family are indeed a sad drunken set.""I am sorry to say [..]too that I never knew""three such thorough Gamesters as they""are, more particularly Alice. But she is "