Almost instantly upon his leaving me, a very gentle voice called out—“Miss Burney!”
It was the queen's. I walked a little nearer her, and a gracious inclination of her head made me go quite up to her.
“You have been,” she said, “at Mrs. Walsingham's?”
“Yes, ma'am.”
“She has a pretty place, I believe?”
“Yes, ma'am.”
“Were you ever there before?”
“Yes, ma'am.”
Oh, shocking! shocking! thought I; what will Mrs. Delany say to all these monosyllables?
“Has not she lately made some improvements?”