Evelina
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: EVELINA. fj . ..." . ,' lt,. I suppose, with his former successless efforts to dra% me out: or, rather, I fancied, he had been inquiring who I was. This again disconcerted me; and the spirits I had determined to...
MorePurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: EVELINA. fj . ..." . ,' lt,. I suppose, with his former successless efforts to dra% me out: or, rather, I fancied, he had been inquiring who I was. This again disconcerted me; and the spirits I had determined to exert again " failed me. Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon afler. Lord Orville did me' the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people! Well, my dear sir, was it not a strange evening ? I could not / help being thus particular, because, to me, every thing, is so new. / But il is now time to conclude. I am, with all love and duty, your Evelina. LETTER XII. Evelina In Continuation. Tuesday, April 5. There is to be no end to the troubles of last night. I have this moment, between persuasion and laughter, gathered from Maria the most curious dialogue that ever I heard. You will at first be startled at my vanity; but, my dear sir, have patience! It must have passed while I was sitting with Mrs. Mirvan in the card-room. Maria was taking some refreshment, and saw Lord Orville advancing for the same purpose himself; but he did not know her, though she immediately recollected him. Presently after, a very gay-looking man, stepping hastily up to him, cried, 'Why, my lord, what have you done with your lovely partner?' ' Nothing!' answered Lord Orville with a smile and a shrug. ' By Jove,' cried the man, ' she is the most beautiful creature I ever saw in my life!' Lord Orville, as he well might, laughed; but answered, ' Yes, a pretty modest-looking girl.' ' O my lord,' cried the madman, ' she is an angel.' ' A silent one,' returned he. ' Why ay, my lord, how stands she as to that? She looks all intelligence and expression....
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