331 ([return])
[ Fanny’s half-sister.—ED.]
332 ([return])
[ An allusion to the personal resemblance between Windham and Hastings. See ante, p. 149.—-ED.]
333 ([return])
[ By her “Visions” Fanny apparently means her desire of resigning her place at Court, and her hope of her father’s concurrence.- -ED.]
334 ([return])
[ i.e., Attempts to induce him to procure for sundry strangers some acquaintance with his daughter.—ED.]
335 ([return])
[ The Comtesse de Bouflers-Rouvrel and, probably, her daughter-in-law, the Comtesse Amélie de Bouflers. Madame de Bouflers- Rouvrel was distinguished in Parisian society as a bel-esbrit, and corresponded for many years with Rousseau. Left a widow in 1764, she became the mistress of the Prince de Conti. Her first visit to England was in 1763, when she was taken by Topham Beauclerk to see Dr. Johnson. She revisited this country at the time of the emigration, but returning to France, was imprisoned by the Revolutionists. The fall of Robespierre (July, 1794) restored her to liberty. Amelie de Bouflers, less fortunate than her mother-in-law, perished by the guillotine, June 27, 1794.—- ED.]