Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
had
only superintended their finalremoval from the Hotel, bringing twoheavy Boxes herself, & Arthur had found
the air so cold that he had merelywalked from one House to the other asnimbly as he
could, – & boasted much most of sitting by the fire till he had cooked
upa very good one. — Diana, whose
exercise had been too domestic to admit of cal::culation, but who, by her own account,had not once sat down for during thespace of seven hours, confeſsed herself a little tired. She had been too
suc::ceſsful however for
much fatigue; for not only had she by walking &talking down a thousand
difficultiesat last secured a proper House at 8 G.Guineas pr .per week for Mrs . G. —; she hadalso openedso many Treaties
with Cooks, Housemaids, Washerwomen & Bathing Women, thatMrs . G.Griffiths would have little more to do on her arrival, than to
wave her hand & collect them around her for Choice. — Her concluding
effort in the cause, had been a few polite lines of Information to Mrs . G.Griffiths herself , –
time not allowing for the circuitous train ofintelligence
which hadbeen hitherto kept up, –