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Mrs. Vernon to Lady De Courcy
Churchhill.
My dear Mother — You must not expect Reginald back again for some time. He desires me to tell you that the present open weather induces him to accept Mr. Vernon’s invitation to prolong his stay in Sussex, that they may have some hunting together. He means to send for his horses immediately, and it is impossible to say when you may see him in Kent. I will not disguise my sentiments on this change from you, my dear mother, though I think you had better not communicate them to my father, whose excessive anxiety about Reginald would subject him to an alarm which might seriously affect his health and spirits. Lady Susan has certainly contrived1, in the space of a fortnight, to make my brother like her. In short, I am persuaded that his continuing here beyond the time originally fixed2 for his return is occasioned as much by a degree of fascination3 towards her, as by the wish of hunting with Mr. Vernon, and of course I cannot receive that pleasure from the length of his visit which my brother’s company would otherwise give me. I am, indeed, provoked at the artifice4 of this unprincipled woman; what stronger proof of her dangerous abilities can be given than this perversion5 of Reginald’s judgment6, which when he entered the house was so decidedly against her! In his last letter he actually gave me some particulars of her behaviour at Langford, such as he received from a gentleman who knew her perfectly7 well, which, if true, must raise abhorrence8 against her, and which Reginald himself was entirely9 disposed to credit. His opinion of her, I am sure, was as low as of any woman in England; and when he first came it was evident that he considered her as one entitled neither to
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