Penelope was no less lavish in her enthusiasm than the gallant officer. “Ravishing,” she exclaims ten times on one page, “wondrous⁠ ⁠… utterly beyond description⁠ ⁠… gold plate⁠ ⁠… candelabras⁠ ⁠… negroes in plush breeches⁠ ⁠… pyramids of ice⁠ ⁠… fountains of negus⁠ ⁠… jellies made to represent His Majesty’s ships⁠ ⁠… swans made to represent water-lilies⁠ ⁠… birds in golden cages⁠ ⁠… gentlemen in slashed crimson velvet⁠ ⁠… Ladies’ headdresses at least six foot high⁠ ⁠… musical boxes.⁠ ⁠… Mr. Peregrine said I looked quite lovely which I only repeat to you, my dearest, because I know.⁠ ⁠… Oh! how I longed for you all!⁠ ⁠… surpassing anything we have seen at the Pantiles⁠ ⁠… oceans to drink⁠ ⁠… some gentlemen overcome⁠ ⁠… Lady Betty ravishing.⁠ ⁠… Poor Lady Bonham made the unfortunate mistake of sitting down without a chair beneath her.⁠ ⁠… Gentlemen all very gallant⁠ ⁠… wished a thousand times for you and dearest Betsy.⁠ ⁠… But the sight of all others, the cynosure of all eyes⁠ ⁠… as all admitted, for none could be so vile as to deny it, was the Ambassador himself. Such a leg! Such a countenance!! Such princely manners!!! To see him come into the room! To see him go out again! And something interesting in the expression, which makes one feel, one scarcely knows why,