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MG-A(G.772.029
28 May 1772:13 (1394)
London. . . March 9. . . At Cornely's masquerade last
Monday, a pretty fruit wench attracted so forcibly the
attention of Lord Grosvenor, that for two hours she was the
sole object of his flattery and admiration. At length,
worked up into an irresistible want of forming an alliance
with her, he told her his name, offered a carte blanche, and
begged she would not delay his happiness. The lady
whispered her consent but insisted upon continuing masked.
The amorous lord, overjoyed at the conquest he had made,
conducted his fair inamorata to the nunnery in Pall Mall,
where, having praised and repraised every charm he beheld
and enjoyed, he obtained leave to untie the odious mask that
concealed the beauty who made him happy. What pen, or
pencil could paint or describe the ghastly astonishment of
his Lordship at the sight of that woman! What! my wife,
muttered he, shaking in every limb! Lady Grosvenor burst
into laughter and left the room, thanking him ironically for
the right he had given her to taste with impunity of the
forbidden fruit.
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