The merry order of St. Bridget. Personal recollections of the use of the rod

James Glass Bertram

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THE
ERRY ORDER OF ST, BRIDGET
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF
THE USE OF THE ROD
k^t^By MARGARET ANSON
THE AUTHOR'S FRIENDSYORK: PRINTED FOR
MDCCCLVII• . ...',-CONTENTS.
—Letter I.IV CONTENTS.
PAGE
—Letter VIII.
WhiteThe Woman in . . .147
Madlle. . . .Loupe 153
—Letter IX.
A Roland for an Oliver . . .164
Fanciful . . .Flogging 173
—X.Letter
.The Princesse's .Story .193
—Letter XI.
A Profitable ....Pupil 205
—Letter XII.
"" Which ends this Eventfulstrange History 223THE
©pderofo)t.@Mepry Bridget.
I.CHAPTER
THE CHATEAU DE RFLO IS.
Laura Housf, Bayswater,
10th 1868.April
My dear Marion,
I am sure must have wondered whatyou
has become ofme in all these isn't sinceyears (three, it?)
we met Lord E 's won't careat place. Perhaps you
to hear from me and will I haveagain, fancy forgotten
our old it is not but
; indeed, dear, so,friendship my
I've been about a and seen the world.bit,knocking
I've been in Paris two in two differentyears places,
and learned as much in time as folks dothat inmany
a lifetime. as are in a humdrum sort ofyouCooped up
A' ORDER OF ST. BRIDGET.//.MERRY'fll\
with one old can have no idea of whatplace, lady, you
on in livelier households. In last I wasgoes my place
one of six all with to do but tomaids,lady's nothing
attend to some of our toilet. Iseparate part lady's
entered her service from that ofa austere womangrave
no ideas of colourwith brown and and abeyond grey,
tremendous so what achurch-goer, you may imagine
it was. I soon wearied of thatchange place, you may
be and was when the St.sure, glad Marquise Valery
took me into her service. The wasMarquis immensely
and but he bestowed his titles andproud very poor,
a banker's whose wealth wasposition upon daughter,
said to be When she married and took herfabulous.
elitestation the of Parisian she madeamong society,
her mind that she would be in theunapproachableup
matter of I can no idea ofdear,luxury. My give you
her or her Her herextravagance. house,magnificence
her and the ofher attireservants,carriages, splendour
were the themes of all and when sheParis, appeared
ain she had retinue of admirers and flat-public quite
terers while at home she seemed to hold a levee from
;
till Her toilettes were the admirationmorning night.
of all the fashionable and her dressmaker hadworld,
to announce that she had in hand foronly anything