The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Volume 2 Chapter 81 - The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality - part 10

In which the lady narrator recounts her painful parting from Lord B— and the hidden affections of Mr. B—, whose unspoken passion and subsequent sorrow reveal the complexity of her relationships and fidelity. Her narrative unfolds amid the contrasting behaviour of her capricious husband, the rekindling of a former love at a masquerade, and her eventual departure to Flanders, where she seeks solace and companionship in a lively foreign court.