. was my guide. She
is not so pretty as I expected; her face has the
same defect of baldness as her sister's, and her
features not so handsome; she was highly rouged,
and looked rather quietly and contentedly silly
than anything else.

Mrs. B. and two young women were of the same
party, except when Mrs. B. thought herself obliged
to leave them to run round the room after her
drunken husband. His avoidance, and her pursuit,
with the probable intoxication of both, was an
amusing scene.

* * * * *

_Wednesday._--Another stupid party last night;
perhaps if larger they might be less intolerable,
but here there were only just enough to make one
card table, with six people to look on and talk
nonsense to each other. Lady Fust, Mrs. Busby, and
a Mrs. Owen sat down with my uncle to whist,
within five minutes after the three old _Toughs_
came in, and there they sat, with only the
exchange of Adm. Stanhope for my uncle, till their
chairs were announced.

I cannot anyhow continue to find people agreeable;
I respect Mrs. Chamberlayne for doing her hair
well, but cannot feel a more tender sentiment.
Miss Langley is like any other short girl, with a
broad nose and wide mouth, fashionable dress and
exposed bosom. Adm. Stanhope is a gentlemanlike
man, but then his legs are too short and his tail
too long.

Paragon: Thursday [May 21, 1801].

The friendship between Mrs. Chamberlayne and me
which you predicted has already taken place, for
we shake hands whenever we meet. Our grand walk to
Weston was again fixed for yesterday, and was
accomplished in a very striking manner. Every one
of the party declined it under some pretence or
other except our two selves and we had therefore a
_tete-a-tete_, but _that_ we should equally have
had, after the first two yards, had half the
inhabitants of Bath set off with us.

It would have amused you to see our progress. We
went up by Sion Hill, and returned across the
fields. In climbing a hill Mrs. Chamberlayne is