Having made her, however, acquainted
with the particulars of his visit to his father, he went to his
mother's, and related to her all that had occurred.
Poor thing, she was very differently interested in the issue of it!
CHAPTER X. SHOWING HOW GALGENSTEIN AND MRS. CAT RECOGNISE EACH
OTHER IN MARYLEBONE GARDENS--AND HOW THE COUNT DRIVES HER HOME IN
HIS CARRIAGE.
About a month after the touching conversation above related, there
was given, at Marylebone Gardens, a grand concert and entertainment,
at which the celebrated Madame Amenaide, a dancer of the theatre at
Paris, was to perform, under the patronage of several English and
foreign noblemen; among whom was his Excellency the Bavarian Envoy.
Madame Amenaide was, in fact, no other than the maitresse en titre
of the Monsieur de Galgenstein, who had her a great bargain from the
Duke de Rohan-Chabot at Paris.
It is not our purpose to make a great and learned display here,
otherwise the costumes of the company assembled at this fete might
afford scope for at least half-a-dozen pages of fine writing; and we
might give, if need were, specimens of the very songs and music sung
on the occasion. Does not the Burney collection of music, at the
British Museum, afford one an ample store of songs from which to
choose? Are there not the memoirs of Colley Cibber? those of Mrs.
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