The Contrast by Royall Tyler
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a young lady, as we all thought her, what a mon-
strous pity! well, I have nothing to charge myself with; I acted the part of a friend, I warned her of the principles of that rake, I told her what would be the consequence; I told her so, I told her so."--Ha, ha, ha! LETITIA Ha, ha, ha! Well, but, Charlotte, you don't tell me what you think of Miss Bloomsbury's match. CHARLOTTE Think! why I think it is probable she cried for a plaything, and they have given her a husband. Well, well, well, the puling chit shall not be deprived of her plaything: 'tis only exchanging London dolls for American babies.--Apropos, of babies, have you heard what Mrs. Affable's high-flying notions of deli- cacy have come to? LETITIA Who, she that was Miss Lovely? |
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