Mrs. Severn: A Novel, Vol. 1 (of 3)

'SIN COMES TO US FIRST AS A TRAVELLER ; IF ADMITTED, IT WILL SOON BECOME A GUEST ; IMPORTUNATE TO RESIDE, AND IF ALLOWED SO FAR, WILL SOON AND FINALLY BECOME MASTER OF THE HOUSE'
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON
STREET, PUBLISHERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN
MDCCCLXXXIX
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh
MRS. SEVERN
PART I

'It's very good of you to have met me, Ambrose.'