ABSTRACT

Dreading nothing so much as returning to the gloomy society of fanatics and bigots at the London residence of Mrs. Crewkherne, Caroline Delmont assisted her sister, and both exerted all the little finesse they were mistress of to influence their brother; they represented the attachment of the young heiress, whom so many sought, as demanding all his gratitude; spoke highly of her good qualities, and touched on the independence as well as on the power of doing good, which the possession of such a fortune would bestow.