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298 LADY HESTER STANHOPE,
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Part Ii. Fiiattery Is Sometimes A Low Re...
and was rewarded by the elegant gift of a wig , as he was supposed to be growing bald . _* Lady Hester would describe with *
indignation his desertion of poor Sheridan , ¦ whom he allowed to be assaulted by bailiffs on his death-bedor she would speak with
, scorn of the ladies of her day singing , " Hi-diddle-diddle the cat and the fiddle , " while the king stood by and shouted out " Bravo !"
Amongst the people who would at one time have agreed with Lady Hester in an unfavorable opinion of the Princewe may
, mention Brummell , ( the last of the dynasty of beaux who have Immortalized themselves in England , from Beau Hewitt , Beau
Fielding , Beau Nash , Beau Edge worth , and others . ) The genealogy of Brummell was nothing very remarkable . His grandfather kept
a small shop in Bury-street , and let out furnished apartments . [ From the time of his residence at Eton , to his after appearance in
the world , Brummell played his cards with remarkable assiduity . He professed great admiration for the niece of Pitt , to whom he
may have been drawn by their mutual eccentricity . Both were characterized by remarkable independencesavoir-faireand by vast
Impertinence , which greatly aided them in , maintaining , their power . One day Brummell was imprudent enough to exclaim in the presence
of Lady Hester apropos of a young officer of low descent , " Who is that colonel ? Colonel what ? " said he , in the peculiar manner
which he aped . " Who ever heard of his father ? " " Well , " replied Lady Hester , " who ever heard of George _BrummelTs father ? "
They were at this moment in Bond Street , the most fashionable street of the time , and Brummell was terrified lest any one should
hear . " Oh , Lady Hester , " he said in a half serious whisper , bending over the door of the carriage" nobody knew my father
, , and nobody would know myself , but for the absurd part I am playing . It is folly which is the making of me . If I did not stare
Duchesses out of countenance , and nod to a Prince over my shoulder , I as should it deserves be forgotten ; you and in a I week comprehend . The world each is other silly , marvellousl and I treat y . it *
This audacious effrontery was the best mode of excusing himself to Lady Hester . From this timeshe gave him full franchiseand by
, , a sort of dumb complicity , obtained her share of admiration from the dandy .
Little accustomed to disguise her sentiments , Lady Hester took no pains to hide her dislike from the Prince of Wales . He sent to
ask her one day why she disliked him so much , when she professed such an attachment for his royal brothers . "I shall like him , "
had * been Lady one Hester of the may first have to mali s her gned without the Prince notice from after personal the death p of ique Pitt . . He It
d as should ispos curious ition have that , singula described Sir W r . m Scott George anners , w pas , h IV o and is . generall as cap " a iv soverei atin y supposed g a gn pp whose earance to h gentle ave , rendered read and charac generou him ters as s ,
country much the . " darling of society as his heart felt interest in the welfare of his
298 Lady Hester Stanhope,
298 LADY HESTER STANHOPE ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 298, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/10/
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