His pretty young wife was rendered miserable by all these
readings, but what could the poor little ignorant countrywoman know of
Platonism? Faugh! there is more than one woman we see in society smiling
about from house to house, pleasant and sentimental and formosa superne
enough; but I fancy a fish's tail is flapping under her fine flounces,
and a forked fin at the end of it!
Finer flounces, finer bonnets, more lovely wreaths, more beautiful lace,
smarter carriages, bigger white bows, larger footmen, were not seen,
during all the season of 18--, than appeared round about St. George's,
Hanover Square, in the beautiful month of June succeeding that September
when so many of our friends the Newcomes were assembled at Baden. Those
flaunting carriages, powdered and favoured footmen, were in attendance
upon members of the Newcome family and their connexions, who were
celebrating what is called a marriage in high life in the temple within.
Shall we set down a catalogue of the dukes, marquises, earls, who were
present; cousins of the lovely bride? Are they not already in the Morning
Herald and Court Journal, as well as in the Newcome Chronicle and
Independent, and the Dorking Intelligencer and Chanticleer Weekly
Gazette? There they are, all printed at full length sure enough; the name
of the bride, Lady Clara Pulleyn, the lovely and accomplished daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Dorking; of the beautiful bridesmaids, the
Ladies Henrietta, Belinda, Adelaide Pulleyn, Miss Newcome, Miss Alice
Newcome, Miss Maude Newcome, Miss Anna Maria (Hobson) Newcome; and all
the other persons engaged in the ceremony.
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