Miss Darby's Duenna (1999)
“HORACE, Satires The party of four, escorted by Mr. Wrexham and including “Lady Hawthorne,” Miss Hawthorne, and Miss Darby, arrived at Vauxhall Gardens via the water route along the Thames, it having the advantage of novelty as well as being safer than the entrance by land. Mr. Wrexham duly paid two shillings per person to allow them admittance, and soon the little group found itself in a fairy land of winking lanterns and tree-lined walkways ending in mysterious grottoes. Georgina demanded to... see the Grand Cascade, and, Olivia echoing this sentiment, Mr. Wrexham offered an arm to each, while the faux dowager, seeing, as she said, her charges in such capable hands, elected instead to await the trio in one of the supper boxes along the Grand Walk.
Sir Harry watched until he lost sight of Olivia in the crowd, then hurried back toward the entrance to the gardens, where Higgins was supposed to be waiting with his evening gear in a hired carriage. He was almost within sight of his destination when he heard a voice hailing him in ardent tones.MoreLess
Sir Harry watched until he lost sight of Olivia in the crowd, then hurried back toward the entrance to the gardens, where Higgins was supposed to be waiting with his evening gear in a hired carriage. He was almost within sight of his destination when he heard a voice hailing him in ardent tones.MoreLess
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