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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 





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Thc Chcqurr:, Marcsficld. 



occupation called away all the gentlemen from Miss 

 Burney's society, and precipitated the deepl)- 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- 



