At the Ball (1815) [ Practices ]
… not hear the sound of at first without great surprise. “So unreasonably early! ” she was going to exclaim ; but she presently found that it was a family of old friends, who were coming, like herself, by particular desire, to help Mr. … Mr. Woodhouse's. I made her take her shawl, —for the evenings are not warm, —her large new shawl, Mrs. Dixon's wedding present. So, kind of her to think of my mother! Bought at Weymouth, you know, Mr. Dixon's choice. There were three …
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