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CHAPTER VI. 

 18151816. 



The Allen sisters abroad Paris after Waterloo Fanny Allen and 

 William Clifford Harriet Drewe's engagement to Mr Gifford 

 A family gathering at Bath Sarah Wedgwood's love-affairs 

 Bessy visits Mrs Surtees Geneva society The Sydney 

 Smiths at Etruria Kitty Mackintosh and her daughters 

 The Allen sisters' journey to Florence . . . 77 98 



CHAPTER VII. 

 1816. 



The crisis in Davison's Bank Its failure averted The loss of the 

 John Wedgwood's fortune Their move to Betley . 99 102 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 1817. 



The Allen sisters at Pisa, with Caroline Drewe and her family 

 Sismondi's courtship Algernon Langton and Marianne Drewe 

 Sarah Wedgwood and Jessie Allen Anne Caldwell's marriage 



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CHAPTER IX. 



1818. 



The Josiah Wedgwoods in Paris The Collos Cousins William 

 Clifford Dancing lessons Madame Catalani Emma's first 

 letter Society and housekeeping in Paris Fanny and Emma 

 at school A letter from their old nurse . . . 113 122 



CHAPTER X. 

 1819. 



Jessie Allen and Sismondi An outpour to her sister Bessy's reply 

 Some account of Sismondi Their early married life Post- 

 ing across France 123 133 



CHAPTER XI. 

 18191823. 



Emma Allen and her nieces, Fanny and Emma Wedgwood A 

 gigantic cheese Races and Race-Balls Dr Darwin and his 

 daughters A singing party of girls at the Mount, Shrewsbury 

 Fanny and Emma at school in London Sunday-school at 

 Maer The Sisinondis at Geneva . 134 148 



