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Alas! my dear Harriet, what a mortifying disappointment is this! after entertaining for some weeks the most delightful expectations of seeing you here, to be informed that/you are going farther distant from me than ever! Lady Castleton and her daughter, the Duchess of —, are likewise greatly disappointed; – they had promised themselves much pleasure in the addition of my Harriet's charming society; but, as your friends, we ought not to murmur, since you are going to be again united to an amiable and beloved relation, from whom you have been long severed. May you enjoy a happy meeting with each other! and may Mr. Watson's life be long spared to heighten the felicity of his nephew and niece! I shall expect the pleasure of seeing him and Sir Edward with you in Chatham-place, early the ensuing winter; but forgive me, Harriet, if I say, I am rather in fear of your attracting the heart of some one amongst the young noblesse who may

visit at the Marquess de Rivieres’, and may have power to prevail upon you to fix your future residence in France. Heaven forbid that should be the case! and may your brother's friend, Mr. Fitzmaurice, forbid it too! I flatter myself you are the magnet that attracts him from this kingdom. I find he has been/often enough in your company to enable you to discover hismerit, and I shall have but a poor opinion of his discernment if he has not yet discovered yours. I thank you for your intelligence of my father and cousin; I hope it will not be long before the former returns to me, for I am almost weary of being so much in the company of the Duke of —. I wonder how Lady Castleton does to bear it; – to me his tongue is exceedingly tiresome: nor do I believe you would find so much entertainment from it as you imagine