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apprehended would be the case) that she was told 

 that her mother found very great fault with her to 

 everybody, and said that ' she could not think she 

 was her daughter, as she showed such want of char- 

 acter/ and that ' she had no spirit or steadiness/ I 

 denied ever having heard the Princess of Wales hold 

 such language (which, by the by, was a white lie), but 

 I said it was natural for a mother to feel much solici- 

 tude about her daughter's attention, and to be very 

 much hurt at not hearing from her as usual, and at 

 seeing her so seldom ; but she said that the King was 

 just now so full of Lady Perceval's business, that she 

 was afraid of asking leave to go to her mother. But 

 she promised me that she would do so very soon, and 

 that she would desire the young Prince of Orange to 

 do so as soon as ever he returns to England. She gave 

 me some instances of the manner in which her mother 

 is watched, and how everything is known by the 

 royal family, who are quite uncomfortable." 



The following letters are from Miss Knight to Lady 

 Charlotte Lindsay : 



MISS KNIGHT TO LADY CHARLOTTE LINDSAY. 



" Friday afternoon. 



" MY DEAR LADY CHARLOTTE, Pray forgive my 

 not having sooner put an end to your anxiety by 

 writing ; but it really has not been in my power till 

 now. 



" The conference broke off yesterday in the manner 

 you know ; and in the evening Princess Charlotte sent 

 a letter to the Prince of Orange, repeating that, as his 

 duties called him to Holland, and hers retained her in 



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