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some emotions of pity towards him too, but I don't know 

 what else can be done with him. . . . 



We have had very gay races, not that we went to the 

 course any day, but there was more nobility than usual, 

 inasmuch as the [Chetwodes] were there in full force. It 

 was Miss Louisa's debut, and Lady Harriet I was told was 

 in the greatest fuss about their dress that could be; but I 

 am sure it was fuss thrown away, as it generally is, for 

 nobody seemed to observe how they were dressed. Charlotte 

 was very well off in partners, as she danced with the 

 steward, Stim, Dr Belcombe, and a Capt. Vincent. There 

 were but four sets danced. Joe danced with Eliza Cald- 

 well, Fanny Ore we, and Anne Caldwell. Joe is much 

 improved in his dancing. I can't say much for my Hal in 

 that way, but I was surprised he went at all. As for me, I 

 yawned in company with Mrs Caldwell till about 5 in the 

 morning, but I think I was rather in request too 1 , as I was 

 asked three times to dance. The handsomest girl there 

 was a Miss Evans, the innkeeper of Wolverhampton's 

 daughter, whose beauty did not redeem her parentage from 

 many a sneer, and " Do you know who she is ?' : soon passed 

 from one end of the room to the other. . . . 



1 She was fifty -one this year. 



