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BPB.762.019
14 Jun 1762:21 (252)
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 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.
[She supplicates her mother to leave her there.] About four
in the morning the company broke up. [The lovers elope.]
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