Phoebe Kissagen

Which being introductory, will not prove very interesting to the reader TO LADY G..... R.of King Arthur; but what most delighted him were the witty memoirs of the Comte de Grammont, in which a full account is given of the voluptuons Court of Charles II. So it came to pass that what with hearing him read out of that book, and tell anecdotes he had read elsewhere, I gained an in- sight to men and manners, and, as courtesy and I politeness are the same in every age, I learnt the meaning of those qualities, and also gained some knowledge of taste. But while 1 have been running on about myself, your ladyship is doubtless dying with impatience to have your letter answered. I am requested to tell your ladyship all I can concerning poor Sir Charles' (1) last moments—a melancholy subject, madam,_ which I would fain not have alluded.to. Ah! my lady, what a gallant gentleman he was! After our. retreat into Herefordshire (which your ladyship may remember, was in consequence of that unfortunale duel,,and lady Cecilia's elopement)^ my master never' seemed the same man at all&j Whether his wound was the cause, or what it was Lcannot say, but he seemed to grow old and peevish, as it were, - all at once; and although he survived that , event seventeen years, and for five of them had Miss Medley, besides Chloe and myself, for his mis- I