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¬with carriages of every description and with multitudes on foot, as business or pleasure might direct them, we arrived at Morven's house, instead of that of my young companion, where we found every thing so well prepared for us, that I was happy he had avoided the disgrace of being traced into the wilderness by the odious marks of a country post, when it was intended that I should be his guest. ¬In the evening we had an excellent supper, and I went early to bed, though with very little inclination to sleep, every nerve having been electrified by his promise to attend me next day through the haunts of fashion and delight, which, having never been very distinctly de- scribed, the enchantment of novelty was un- dispelled. ¬

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