Henrietta (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1761 edition. Excerpt: ...my aunt unfortunately entered "the room. I started up from my chair when "I saw her; and, hastily crushing the letter ' all in my hand, I put it into my pocket, "not without betraying some signs of confu"fion. "So, Henrietta, said my aunt, have I caught 'you? Caught me madam, said I, con "sidering ' sidering whether she might not have beea "looking over my shoulder while I was writ-' ing so saucily about her for guilt like love "makes every thing seem possible that we sear. Yes, said she, have you not been writing? "Nay, don't deny it, pursued she (for I hefi' tated and knew not what to say, lest flie "should desire to see my letter) it is no won-, ( der that poor Sir Isaac Darby was rejected "with so much scorn, when there is a sau voured lover with whom you correspond privately. "Bless me, madam, cried I, who has told "you so? I correspond privately with a sa voured lover --This is some cruel calumny "invented by an enemy to deprive me of your "good opinion. Well, said my aunt, shew "me the letter you conveyed so hastily into your "pocket upon my appearance, and then I shall ' know what to think. "You never, madam, replied I, used to de"fire to see my letters; nor would you now, "but in consequence of some suspicion very "unsavourable to me. That suspicion, inter"rupted my aunt, whatever it is, will be greatly "strengthened by your refusing to shew me what ' you have been writing. G 6 "Surely, ' Surely, madam, replied I, that is not just, "I may have been writing to Mr. Damer, or "to my brother. To your brother, said my "aunt, I am certain you was not writing, ' because you have not heard from him for se"veral months, and don't know how to direct "to him (which indeed was but too true). "It is possible that you were writing to Mr....