Volume the Third: Diplomatic Display London British Library, Add. MS. 65381
Mrs Peterson's parlour than in her own Arbour,where Mrs Peterson for fear of its being damp never accompanied her.
As her Aunt prided herself on the
exactpropriety and Neatneſs
with which every thingin her Family was
conducted, and had no higher Satisfaction than that of knowing her house
to be always in complete order, as her fortunewas good, and
her Establishment Ample, fewwere the preparations
neceſsary for the recep::tion
of her Visitors. The day of their arrivalso
long expected, at length came, arrived, and the Noise ofthe Coach & 4 as it drove round the sweep,
wasto Catherine a more interesting sound, than anthe1 Music of an Italian Opera,
which to most He::roines is the hight of Enjoyment. Mr & MrsStanley were people of Large Fortune & high Fashion. He was a Member of the house and ofCommons, and they were therefore most agreablyneceſsitated
to reside half the year in Town; whereMiſs Stanley had been attended by the most capital Masters from the time of her being six years old
to the
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