ABSTRACT
Miss Bradford had been recently accustomed to fashionable life; and adopted a more subtle line of conduct in the scene of action. She humoured the eccentric opinions of young Gregory; praised his polished manners; commended his familiar and easy conversation; ventured to accompany him on the course in his tandem; and played her cards so skilfully, that she completely won the heart of her companion. He danced with her at the next ball; he betted with her on the race; gave the waiters a guinea to drink her health; he made the fiddlers play all the morning in the hall of her hotel; he stole her faded bouquet, and wore it in his helmet; he swore to call his favourite pointer,157 Julia; and declared that a trip to Scotland158 would to him be the most desirable of all earthly gratifications.
