The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Volume 2 Chapter 81 - The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality - part 1

In which a young lady of quality recounts her early life marked by innocence and vanity, her awakening to love amid the diversions of Bath and court, and the tender yet troubled affections that lead her into secret exchanges with a noble suitor. She reveals the earnestness of her passion, the opposition it encounters from her father, and her resolve to secure happiness despite paternal restraint.