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Title: Evelina : or, the history of a young lady's entrance into the world
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
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Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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sal; and we thenwent into the house, where he had a very grave reception fromMrs. Mirvan, who is by no means pleased with his visit, and alook of much discontent from Madame Duval, who said to me in alow voice, Id as soon have seen Old Nick as that man, for hes themost impertinentest person in the world, and isnt never of my side. The Captain is now actually occupied in contriving some scheme,which, he says, is to pay the old Dowager off; and so eager and de-lighted is he at the idea, that he can scarcely restrain his rapturessufficiently to conceal his design even from herself. I wish, how-ever, since I do not dare put Madame Duval upon her guard, thathe had the delicacy not to acquaint me with his intention. LETTER XXXIII EVELINA IN CONTINUATION May 13th. THE Captains operations are begun, — and, I hope, ended;for, indeed, poor Madame Duval has already but too muchreason to regret Sir Clements visit to Howard Grove. Yesterday morning, during breakfast, as the Captain was read- 122
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EVELINA ing the newspaper, Sir Clement suddenly begged to look at it,saying, he wanted to know if there was any account of a trans-action, at which he had been present the evening before his journeyhither, concerning a poor Frenchman, who had got into a scrapewhich might cost him his life. The Captain demanded particulars; and then Sir Clement tolda long story of being with a party of country friends at the Tower,and hearing a man call out for mercy in French; and that, whenhe inquired into the occasion of his distress, he was informed thathe had been taken up upon suspicion of treasonable practicesagainst the government. The poor fellow, continued he, nosooner found that I spoke French, than be besought me to hearhim, protesting that he had no evil designs; that he had been buta short time in England, and only waited the return of a lady fromthe country to quit it for ever. Madame Duval changed colour, and listened with the utmostattention. Now, though I by no means approve of so man

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