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78 A TOUR THROUGH
«* (said he) was brought to bed lasl night %
" and it is absolutely incumbent on you
" to pay your respects to her this even-
" ing." At first I thought he was in
joke, but he assined me he was serious,
and that it would be looked upon as a
great unpoliteness to neglect it.—Accord-
ingly we went about sun-set, and found
the princess sitting up in her bed, in an
elegant undress, with a number of her
friends around her. She talked as usual,
and seemed to be perfectly well. This
conversation is repeated every night during
her convalescence, which generally lasts
for about eleven or twelve days. This
custom is universal, and as the ladies here
are very prolific, there are for the molt
part three or four of these assemblies going
on in the city at the same time ; possibly
the Marino may not a little contribute
towards them.
The
«* (said he) was brought to bed lasl night %
" and it is absolutely incumbent on you
" to pay your respects to her this even-
" ing." At first I thought he was in
joke, but he assined me he was serious,
and that it would be looked upon as a
great unpoliteness to neglect it.—Accord-
ingly we went about sun-set, and found
the princess sitting up in her bed, in an
elegant undress, with a number of her
friends around her. She talked as usual,
and seemed to be perfectly well. This
conversation is repeated every night during
her convalescence, which generally lasts
for about eleven or twelve days. This
custom is universal, and as the ladies here
are very prolific, there are for the molt
part three or four of these assemblies going
on in the city at the same time ; possibly
the Marino may not a little contribute
towards them.
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