has undoubtedly some secret cause of disquietude--he sighs at times as if his heart would break! This affects me very sensibly; I never was so unhappy in my life; besides, I have not my dear Aunt to give a friendly check to my extravagance of spirits, so am afraid of hazarding anything.--Every person looks formally at me. When your friend the Duchess of W---- introduced me to Lady Charlotte Sombre, she said she pleased herself with thinking what a harmony would arise between us; for in the character, said she, I drew _of her_ to you, she only sat _for yours_. Lady Charlotte is very agreeable, lively, and entertaining. Lord Sombre, I fancy, is what you would esteem a superior character; he is noble, and has a soul; a thing questioned much in most of the gay youths whom we converse with. He appears to have fine feelings--I intend to be on my guard before him--a man of true taste and delicacy prefers the smile of the soul, to noisy mirth. Lady Charlotte is addressed by Sir Alexander French--he told her, his love would be eternal! That is, said she, neither to have _beginning_ nor _end_. Sir Alexander is a very great coxcomb, she therefore gives him no encouragement; and amused me with an account of him--her brother checked her, and said there is an ostentation in these kind of confidences, which he was mortified to observe in her--that at least she should respect a man she had rendered unhappy, and who had almost lost his reason on her account. She replied, it were indeed a trifling sacrifice, were it even so, as he had so little to part with, that it made the loss inconsiderable--love, said she, never makes such a bustle in hearts like his--his is a _laughing_, not a _melancholy_ Cupid. She has the charms of an angel, and dresses with the greatest simplicity, regarding the colour and make of her cloaths, rather than the quality. When Lady Charlotte shewed me the _Arcadia_ of my mother's painting[29], all the tender passions were up in my soul: I requested to be left alone, and bursting into tears, I partly relieved the emotions of my heart--Lord Sombre surprised me in this situation--I was too much agitated at first to return him an answer to some obliging things he said, but at last made an apology for my weakness! His Lordship told me, the sensibility I testified confirmed him in the high ideas he entertained of my character. He then expatiated to me on a subject very agreeable, _my mother's virtues_. That the gentleman who educated him had been well acquainted with her--who said, that good sense and genius were united in her, and that by study, reflection, and application, she had improved her talents in the happiest manner--having acquired a superiority in thinking, speaking, writing, and acting--and in manners, her behaviour, language, and understanding, were inexpressibly charming.