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VGW(HU.771.028
14 Mar 1771:31 (1024)
Extract of a letter from a young gentleman at Cadiz, to his
uncle in London. . . . [3 paragraphs, then] At the
playhouse, last week, one of the house cats got into the
boxes, and gave no little trouble to the audience before it
could be drove out. Soon afterwards Lord D---h came into a
box where Lady Bridget L---e was sitting, who immediately
accosted him thus: "I am extremely sorry your lordship came
in so late." "Why, my lady? replies the peer. "Because,
says her ladyship, you were just now wanted to move to have
the house cleared.
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