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Updated: June 30, 2026

He cast his melancholy eyes up as we came in; and, I believe, immediately recollected my face-for he started, and changed colour. I delivered Madame Duval's message to Mr. Branghton, who told me I should find Polly up stairs, but that the others were gone out. Up stairs, therefore, I went; and, seated on a window, with Mr. Brown at her side, sat Miss Polly.

Fanny Burney - Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World