The Watsons (2): Diplomatic Display Oxford Bodleian Library, MS.Eng.e.3764
Some saw no fault, & some no Beauty — . Withsome her brown skin was the annihilation ofeverygrace, & others could thing good looking wh never be persuadedthat she were half so handsome as Eliz:Elizabeth Watsonhad been ten years ago. — The morng .morning paſsed quick::ly away in discuſsing the merits of the Ball withall theis1 succeſsion of
Company — & Emma wasat once astonished by finding to find it Two o’clock, & considering andthat she had heard no Chair
come for nothing of her Father’s Chair.After this discovery she had walked twice Twice had she walked to the window to examine look for the Street, & it, — & she was on the point of asking leave toring the bell & make
enquiries, when thelight sound of a Carriage driving up to
thedoor set her heart at ease. She stepd again
tothe window — but instead of the convenient tho'but2very un-smart Family Equipage too long conveyance she expectedperceived a neat Curricle. — In two minutes Mr . Musgrave was enteredshortly
afterwards the room announced; — & Mrs .. Edwards put on her very stiffest look a stiffer look than usual at the sound. — Notat all dismayed however by her chilling air, however,he madepaid3 his Compts ..Compliments to each of the Ladies withno unbecoming Ease, & continuing to addreſsEmma, presented
her a note, which he had "thehonour of bringing from her Sister.;" Butto which hemust mustobserve add , that a verbal postscript added, will not comment from himself wd .would be requisite. —"
Footnotes
- 1.
- 'is' in 'this' written over 'e'. Back to context...
- 2.
- 'but' written over 'tho'' Back to context...
- 3.
- 'paid' written over 'made'. Back to context...