on the Cliffs, to half a crown per night in a stable--the keepers of the lodging houses, like the keepers of madhouses, having but one common point in view--to _bleed_ the parties sufficiently.--There are carriages and caravans of all shapes and dimensions, from a waggon to a fish cart; in which you may move like a king, a criminal, or a crab, that is, forwards, backwards, or laterally.--There are two libraries on the Steyne, replete with every flimsy species of novels, involving the prodigious intrigues of an imaginary society; this kind of recreation is termed _light reading_; perhaps, from the certain effect it has upon the brains of my young country women, of making them _light headed_!--There is a parish church, where the _canaille_ go to pray; but, as this is on a hill, and the gentry found their Sabbath visit to the Almighty very troublesome, the amiable and accommodating _master_ priest has consigned the care of his common _parish mutton_ to his _journeyman_, the curate, and has kindly raised a Chapel Royal for the _lambs of fashion_, where a certain sum is paid for every seat; and this, it must be admitted, is as it should be; as a well bred Deity will, assuredly, be more attentive to a reclining Duchess, parrying the assaults of the devil, behind her fan, than the vulgar piety of a plebeian on his knees.--There were books open in the circulating libraries, where you were requested to contribute your mite of charity to the support of the rector, as his income is somewhat less than seven hundred pounds a year; the last incumbent died worth thirty thousand pounds.' [Illustration: Decorative motif] FOOTNOTES: [74] 'The New Brighton Guide;' London, 1796, 8vo., p. 16. [75] 'New Brighton Guide,' 1796. [Illustration: Decorative panel] CHAPTER XV. Reconciliation of the Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert--Her scruples, etc.--The Prince at Brighton--Satirical prints--The Prince and the Pavilion--Increase of income--The Prince and his regiment--A race--Guests at the Pavilion--The Prince and his daughter. It was in this year that the separation of the Prince and the titular Princess of Wales was complete, and Florizel's heart (if he had such a thing) went back to his wife. Let us hear Lord Stourton's account of their reconciliation: 'When she thought her connection with the Prince was broken off for ever, by his second union, she was placed by him in difficulties from the same earnest and almost desperate pursuit, as she had been exposed to during the first interval of his attachment. Numbers of the Royal Family, both male and female, urged a reconciliation, even upon a principle of duty.