Agnes Grey

out of London; for her papa could not be persuaded to leave his rural pleasures and pursuits, even for a few weeks' residence in town. She was to make her début on th

th the wildest impatience, and the mos

er's-which I had just glanced at in the morning to see that it contained no very bad news, and kept till now, unable before to find a quiet mo

my feet; and I, suppressing a sigh of

e; 'and, above all, do bid them write on proper note-paper, and not on those great vulgar

m. I should be very sorry to receive a charming little lady-like note from any of them; and I thought you were

to talk about the ball; and to tell you that you po

l not be presen

r the music, and, above all, see me in my splendid new dress. I shal

you equally charming, on the occasion of some of the numberless balls and parties t

friends! Tell them

appointment to myself: I long to see them

t is such a

I cannot bear the thoughts of a Christmas spent from

she-

o assist her in making preparations, and to ma

t you tell

tter, which you stigmatize as dull

s she to b

, the vicar of a n

he r

ly comf

e han

nly de

ou

nly mi

wretch! What sort

with an ivy-clad porch, an

make me sick. Ho

if Mr. Richardson were a good, wise, or amiable man; I could have answered Yes, to all

of spending her life there, cooped up with

and thirty; and she herself is twenty-e

re well matched; but do they

they do, I believe h

ill she wear a white apron

he will make pies and puddings now and then; but that

a large straw bonnet, carrying tracts and b

l do her best to make them comfortable in body an