"Now, if I go, they will be claiming acquaintance with me in Newport next summer.

Well, I shall cut them,--dead." "Trust you for that," said Miss Letitia, laughing; "indeed, Mrs.
Lennox, I think you may go wherever you please with perfect safety.
People will never saddle themselves on you longer than you want them; so you might as well go to the party with the rest of us." "And besides, you know," said Mrs.Wilcox, "all our young people will go, whether we go or not.

Your Tom was at my house yesterday; and he is going with my girls: they are all just as wild about it as they can be, and say that it is the greatest fun that has been heard of this summer." In fact, there was not a man, woman, or child, in a circle of fifteen miles round, who could show shade or color of an invitation, who was not out in full dress at Mrs.John Seymour's party.

People in a city may pick and choose their entertainments, and she who gives a party there may reckon on a falling off of about one-third, for various other attractions; but in the country, where there is nothing else stirring, one may be sure that not one person able to stand on his feet will be missing.

A party in a good old sleepy, respectable country place is a godsend.