SOCIAL.

"_I'm so sorry I've forgotten to bring my Music_;" _i.e._, I'm not going

to throw away my singing on these people.

"_Dear me, this is a surprise to meet you here! I didn't, you see, know

you were in Town_;" _i.e._, By which I wish her to understand that I

hadn't seen that prominent account of her Mid-Lent dance (_for which I

had received no invitation_) that appeared in last Thursday's _Morning

Post_.

"_Never heard it recited better. Wonder you don't go on the Stage_;"

_i.e._, Then one needn't come and hear you; now one can't keep out of

your way.

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