Sanditon: Diplomatic DisplayCambridgeKing's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
were had all the Beauty & Respectabilitywhich an abundance of
very fine Timbercould give. –These Entrance Gates were so much in
a cornerThey were so narrow atof the Grounds or Paddock, so near one of its Boundariesthe Entrance, that anone outside fencewas at first almost
preſsing on theroad — till an
angle herein one, & a curvethere,in the otherthrewgave themto a better distance.The Fence was a proper, Park paling
inexcellent condition; with rowsclusters1 of fine
vigorousElms,orrows
of old Thorns& Hollies following its linecoursealmost every where. —Almost must bestipulated — for there were intervals vacantspaces — & through
one of themse2, Charlotteas soon as they entered the Enclosure,caught a glimpseover the
pales of something White &Womanishover the pales, in the fieldon the other side; – it was a somethingwhich immediately brought Miſs B.Brereton intoher head — & stepping to the
pales, shesaw indeed — & very decidedly inspite ofdistinctly, though the Mist;at some distance before
her Miſs B–Breretonseated, not far before her, onat3 the foot ofthe sloping bank which sloped downfrom the outside of the
Paling & atwhich a narrow Pathtrack seemed toskirt along; — Miſs Brereton seated,apparently very composedly — & Sir
Footnotes
- 1.
- 'clusters' replaces 'rows' as an inline insertion to the superlinear revision.Back to context...
- 2.
- 'them' altered to 'these' by writing 'se' over 'm'.Back to context...
- 3.
- 'at' written over 'on'.Back to context...