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- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Works Cited
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME FIRST THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- VOLUME SECOND THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- LETTER XXXII Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER XXXIII The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXXIV Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER XXXV Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXXVI Miss Bertills To Miss Melworth
- LETTER XXXVII Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXXVIII The same, to the same
- LETTER XXXIX From the same, to the same
- LETTER XL Mrs. Fleetwood to Mrs. Wilkins
- LETTER XLI Miss Matthews, to Mrs. Wilkins
- LETTER XLII Charles Montgomery, Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER XLIII Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XLIV Miss Bertills to Miss Melworth
- LETTER XLV Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XLVI Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER XLVII The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XLVIII Miss Bertills to Miss Melworth
- LETTER XLIX Charles Montgomery, Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER L The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER LI Miss Melworth to Miss Bertills
- LETTER II Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER LIII Charles Montgomery,Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER LIV Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Mongomery, Esq
- LETTER LV Mrs. Montgomery, to Mrs. Herbert
- LETTER LVI Mrs. Herbert, to Mrs. Montgomery
- LETTER LVII Major Herbert, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER LVIII Mrs. Montgomery, to Mrs. Herbert
- LETTER LIX Mrs. Herbert, to Mrs. Montgomery
- Lately was published, in two vols. price six shillings, ELEONORA, A NOVEL, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, by the author of THE CITIZEN
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LETTER LVI - Mrs. Herbert, to Mrs. Montgomery
from VOLUME SECOND - THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Works Cited
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME FIRST THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- VOLUME SECOND THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- LETTER XXXII Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER XXXIII The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXXIV Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER XXXV Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXXVI Miss Bertills To Miss Melworth
- LETTER XXXVII Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXXVIII The same, to the same
- LETTER XXXIX From the same, to the same
- LETTER XL Mrs. Fleetwood to Mrs. Wilkins
- LETTER XLI Miss Matthews, to Mrs. Wilkins
- LETTER XLII Charles Montgomery, Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER XLIII Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XLIV Miss Bertills to Miss Melworth
- LETTER XLV Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XLVI Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER XLVII The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XLVIII Miss Bertills to Miss Melworth
- LETTER XLIX Charles Montgomery, Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER L The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER LI Miss Melworth to Miss Bertills
- LETTER II Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER LIII Charles Montgomery,Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER LIV Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Mongomery, Esq
- LETTER LV Mrs. Montgomery, to Mrs. Herbert
- LETTER LVI Mrs. Herbert, to Mrs. Montgomery
- LETTER LVII Major Herbert, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER LVIII Mrs. Montgomery, to Mrs. Herbert
- LETTER LIX Mrs. Herbert, to Mrs. Montgomery
- Lately was published, in two vols. price six shillings, ELEONORA, A NOVEL, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, by the author of THE CITIZEN
- Editorial notes
Summary
adelphi.
I thank you, my dear, for the warm zeal you manifest for my happiness; I will heighten yours by adding, that my dear Major's conduct is such as confirms me in the idea of his heart being now entirely my own. A week ago he took an opportunity to converse with me upon the subject you mention. He then condemned his former errors in the strongest terms, and spoke with energy and feeling on the dreadful consequences attendant upon guilt./ I saw him affected by the discourse, therefore requested him to drop it. – He replied,
‘I will, my love, if it gives pain to your feelings; but the event of this day has furnished me with an extraordinary fund for contemplation; which not being likely to afford any pleasure to my mind, I wished to avoid it by conversing upon the matter with you.’
‘Do not mistake me, Herbert,’ cried I, ‘I was not afraid of you giving me pain; my fears were only for you; but if you think unbosoming yourself to me, without reserve, will, on the contrary, afford relief to your mind, I will be all attention.’
‘Really, Eliza,’ returned he, ‘my mind is too much oppressed to refuse the relief which communication usually affords, particularly where there is a prospect of meeting the return of good sense and tender sympathy. I therefore accept, with thanks, your kind permission, and shall begin by telling you, that during the criminal intercourse I held with Fanny Elwood, now Mrs. Wilkins, she frequently mentioned to me a Miss/ Matthews, who, at that time, lived in London, and who, she said, was her most particular friend; and so strongly attached to her, that, to use her own expression, she could wind her round her finger: tho’, at the same time, Fanny did not hesitate to ridicule what she termed her folly.
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- The Citizenby Ann Gomersall, pp. 157 - 159Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014