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COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS 



the more. And " Captain Fuller's " embarrassed desire 

 to keep order, made Miss Burney laugh as much. 



There is an exterior of Brighton in 1779 ! But an 

 interior equally graphic is also to hand. It is connected 

 with Dewlap the inevitable. On one occasion I read 

 (there is an end to everything) an accursed divergence of 





The Chequer;, Maresfield. 



occupation called away all the gentlemen from Miss 

 Burney's society, and precipitated the deeply dreaded 

 hour. Dr. Dewlap remained. He seated himself next 

 to the fair diarist. He began to question her about his 

 tragedy — which by this time he had given her too to 

 read. But had Miss Burney read it ? That is the ques- 



