. Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay) and her friends : select passages from her diary and other writings. -of them ? .... I heard that Mr. Baretti laid a wager it was writtenby a man ; for no woman, he said, could have kept herown counsel. This diverted him extremely. But how was it, he continued, you thought mostlikely for your father to discover you ? Sometimes, sir, I have supposed I must have droppedsome of the manuscript: sometimes, that one of mysisters betrayed me. Oh ! your sister ?—what, not your brother ? No, sir ; he could not, for I was going on, but he laughed so much I could notbe he
. Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay) and her friends : select passages from her diary and other writings. -of them ? .... I heard that Mr. Baretti laid a wager it was writtenby a man ; for no woman, he said, could have kept herown counsel. This diverted him extremely. But how was it, he continued, you thought mostlikely for your father to discover you ? Sometimes, sir, I have supposed I must have droppedsome of the manuscript: sometimes, that one of mysisters betrayed me. Oh ! your sister ?—what, not your brother ? No, sir ; he could not, for I was going on, but he laughed so much I could notbe heard, exclaiming: Vastly well ! I see you are of Mr. Barettis mind,and think your brother could keep your secret, and notyour sister .... fSut you have not kept your pen unem-ployed all this time ? Indeed I have, sir. But why ? I—I believe I have exhausted myself, sir. He laughed aloud at this, and went and told it toMrs. Delany, civilly treating a plain fact as a mere ban The King asked several other questions about Evelina,and the prospect of anything further appearing from the. Enter the Qziecn. 147 authors pen. A change of subject led to the mention ofhunting, when, looking round on the party,He said : Didyou know that Mrs. Delany once hunted herself, and in along gown and a great hoop ? As he spoke, a violentthunder was heard at the door. Fanny again felt herselfsinking into the carpet. Miss Port slid out of the roombackwards, and lights shone in the hall. Enter the Majesty drops a profound reverence to the King,holds out both hands to her dear Mrs. Delany, and thenturns her face on the short-sighted stranger, who, un-certain whether she has received a salute or not, isbewildered what to do. The King comes to her relief,repeats to his consort all that Miss Burney has alreadytold him, and proceeds with a further catechism. TheQueen, more curious about the future than the past, hasquestions of her own to put. Shall we have no more ?—nothing more ? she asks. Fa
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