On my return to England after two years’ incessant travel “from Dan to Beersheba,” I found the usages “de la bonne société” somewhat changed: with a new Reine, new feelings and more refined observances had been introduced,—indeed I confess I should have felt slightly embarrassed, had not my ever attentive friend Lady —— kindly taken care of the interests of society during my absence, by noting whatever fluctuations had occurred, and that in so admirable a manner, that the instant adoption of her suggestions was as much a matter of duty as of gratitude. Yet, however curious the world may be to ascertain “which is the Leopard and which the Swan,” it must ever remain a mystery between ourselves.
THE AUTHOR.
LONDON, OCTOBER, 1839.