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BEP(F.762.024
14 Jun 1762:12,13 (1397)
London, Apr 3. An interesting Anecdote.
And so, as I was saying, it was quite a premeditated affair,
and by no means the effect of a sudden fit of passion, or
inconsiderate precipitation.--You are to know they were
together at a private public rout, or ball, the night before
they actually went off; that very night was intended for the
execution of their project. They danced together. About
two in the morning, says she to her mother.--" My dear
madam, I am sorry to be the cause of keeping you here so
long beyond your usual hour of repose; but really i am in
such spirits, and find myself in such a humour for dancing,
that I fear it will be late, before I shall be able to
persuade my self to give over. Do, good madam, let me
persuade you to retire without me."-- ' O! by no means, my
dear, (replied the kind mother ) I have not the least
inclination to go home; so don't make your self at all
uneasy about me: --' Your time shall be mine.' This
unexpected and superabundant goodness disconcerted their
scheme, and obliged the gentleman to have recourse to a 2d
plot.
. . . [The couple fails to get away that night, but does the
next morning; her parents follow; but they succeed in
escaping on their way to Italy via Germany]
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