Illustrations of lying Author:Amelia Alderson Opie Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: marked words, impatient fur an explanation of them ; anil between twelve ana one o'clock a servant of Lady Delaval'a brought a letter and a bandbox. The lette... more »r was 6rst opened j and was as follows : " Dear Jemima, " Afl I know that you have long wished to visit my niece Lady Ormsby, and also attend the astronomical lecture on th grand transparent orrery, which is to be given at die public rooms this evening, for the benefit of the infirmary j though your praise-worthy prudence prevented you from subscribing to it, I have great pleasure in enclosing you a ticket lor the lecture, and in informing you that I will call and take you to dinner at Lady Ormsby's at four /clock, whence you and I, and the rest of the party, (which will be a splendid one) shall adjourn to the lecture " " How kind ! how very kind !" exclaimed Jemima; and, in her heart, imputing these favours to her recent flatteries; and reading no farther, she ran to her mother's apartment to declare the joyful news." " Oh, mamma!" exclaimed she, " how fortunate it was that I made up my dyed gauze when I did ! and I can wear natural flowers in my hair ; and they are so becoming, as well as cheap." She then returned to her own room, to finish the letter and explore the contents of the box. But what was her consternation on reading the following words:...." But I shall take you to the dinner, and I give you a ticket for die lecture, only on this express condition,—that you wear the accompanying turban, which was decorated according to your taste anH judgment, and in which you were onacioua, of looking so well!—Every additional ornament was bestowed to please you; and as I know that your wish will be not to deprive me of a head-dress in which your partial eyes thought that I looked so charmingly, I positively as...« less