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pleasure, the wedding cloathes were bought & nothing remained to be settled but the naming of the Day.

As to the lovely Charlotte, being im:
:portuned with eagerneſs to pay another visit to her Aunt, she determined to accept the invitation & in consequence of it walked to Mrs Fitzroys to take leave of the amiable Re:
:becca, whom she found surrounded by PatchesRouge, Powder, Pomatum & Paint with which she was vainly endeavouring to remedy the na:
:tural plainneſs of her face.

"I am come my amiable Rebecca, to take my leave of you for the fortnight I am destined to spend with my aunt. Beleive me this separation is painfull to me, but it is as neceſsary as the labour which now engages you."