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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...
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