Book 4, Chapter 4

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌⁠Containing Some Account of the Viscountess Dowager Bellair.

The Viscountess Dowager Bellair was the last remaining link between the two centuries. Herself born of a noble family, and distinguished both for her beauty and her wit, she had reigned for a quarter of a century the favourite subject of Sir Joshua; had flirted with Lord Carlisle, and chatted with Dr. Johnson. But the most remarkable quali