Chapter VIII: Book X

I. A Surprise 793 II. A Narrative 799 III. The Progress of Dissipation 808 IV. Hints upon National Prejudice 816 V. The Operation of Terror 827 VI. The Reverse of a Mask 840 VII. A new View of an Old Mansion 849 VIII. A last Resource 855 IX. A Spectacle 865 X. A Vision 874 XI. Means to still Agitation 878 XII. Means to obtain a Boon 885 XIII. Questions and Answers 892 XIV. The last Touches of the Picture 903

FANNY BURNEY AND HER FRIENDS SELECT PASSAGES FROM HER DIARY 1895

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