Volume the Third: Diplomatic Display London British Library, Add. MS. 65381
and her Sister's Marriage had greatly contributedto make so. [.] —1 Divided
thus from the two she lovedbest on Earth,
while Cecilia & Mary were still moreendeared to her by
their loſs, everything that brought a remembrance of
them was doubly cherished, &the Shrubs they had planted, & the keepsakes theyhad
given were rendered sacred —. The living ofChetwynde was now in the poſseſsion of a MrDudley, whose Family
unlike the Wynnes wereproductive only of vexation &
trouble to MrsPercival Peterson,and her Neice. Mr Dudley, who was the younger Son of a very noble Family,
of a Family morefamed for their Pride than their opulence, tena::cious of his Dignity, and
jealous of his rights, wasforever quarrelling, if not with Mrs P.Percivaleterson herself,with her Steward and
Tenants concerning tythes,and with the
principal Neighbours themselves concerning
the respect & parade, he exacted. ThHis Wife, an ill-educated, untaught Woman of ancient family, was proud of that family almost
without knowing why, and like him too was haughty and quarrelsome,
without con:
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