0vercome with tender scenes, I left the library.--I acquainted Lady Marywho was there, and she went to them immediately.--Mr. Watson and Mr.Morgan for a quarter of an hour were all my own;--captain Risby, Mr.Molesworth, Lady Elizabeth and Sophia, being engag'd in a conversationat another part of the room:--you may _guess_ our subject, Madam;--but Ideclare, whilst listening to Mr. Watson, I thought myself soaring far aboveearthly enjoyments.--

Sir James, whom had follow'd Lady Jane, soon return'd with her Ladyship,Miss Powis, Lord Darcey, and, what gave me heart-felt pleasure, thesteward and his wife;--an honour they with difficulty accepted, as theywere strangers to Lord Hampstead's family.--

Who says there is not in this life perfect gladness?--I say they aremistaken:--such felicity as I here look at and partake of, cannot be call'dimperfect--How comes it that the domestics of _this_ family _so_ muchsurpass those of _other_ people?--how is it _one_ interest governs thewhole?--I want to know a thousand mysteries.--I could write,--I couldthink eternally,--of the first ecstatic evening.--First ecstatic evening do Isay? And can the days that crown that eve be forgot?--Heaven forbid! atleast whilst I sometimes have recollection.--My heart speaks so fast to my pen,that fain my fingers would,--but cannot keep up with it.

The next morning Lord Darcey introduc'd to us the son of Mr.Jenkings.--A finer youth I never saw!--Well might the very very aged gentleman be_suspicious_.--Few fathers would, like _him_, have sacrificed theinterest of a son, to preserve that of a friend.--To know the real rankof Miss Powis;--her ten thousand virtues;--her great expectations; yetact with so _much_ caution!--with an anxiety which the most sordid miserwatching his treasure, could not have exceeded! and for _what?_--Whylest involuntarily she might enrich his belov'd son with _her_affections.--Will you part with me to this extraordinary man?--0nly foran hour or two.--A walk is propos'd.--0ur ramble will not be fartherthan his home.--You say I may go. Thank you, Madam: I am gone.

Just return'd from the steward's, so cramm'd with sweet-meats, cake, andjellies, that I am absolutely stupified.

I must tell you who led Miss Powis.--Lord Darcey, to be sure.--No,Madam; I had the favour of his Lordship's arm:--it was Edmund.--I callhim Edmund;--every body calls him Edmund;--_yes_, and at Lord Darcey'srequest _too_.--Never shall I forget in what a graceful manner!--But hisLordship does every skinnyg with grace.--He mention'd something of pasttimes, hinting he should not always have courted him to _such_ honour,presenting the arm of his belov'd.