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THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,
AND
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
MRS. DE WYNT TO MRS. MONTRESOR.
"18, Eccleston Square,
"My Dearest Cecilia,
"Talk of the friendships of Orestes and
Pylades, of Julie and Claire, what are they to
ours? Did Pylades ever go venfre d terre^ half
over London on a day more broiling than any
but an dme damnie could even imagine, in order
that Orestes might be comfortably housed for the
season? Did Claire ever hold sweet converse
with from fifty to one hundred house a^euVs^^ sx
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