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VGW(HU.772.077
14 May 1772:12 (1085)
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 the 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
had 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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