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Kitty and me were to spend the day there, and Mrs. Forster

promised to have a little dance in the evening; (by-the-bye, Mrs.

Forster and me are such friends!) and so she asked the two

Harringtons to come: but Harriet was ill, and so Pen was forced

to come by herself; and then, what do you think we did? We

dressed up Chamberlayne in woman's clothes, on purpose to pass

for a lady,--only think what fun! Not a soul knew of it, but

Colonel and Mrs. Forster, and Kitty and me, except my aunt, for

we were forced to borrow one of her gowns; and you cannot imagine

how well he looked! When Denny, and Wickham, and Pratt, and two

or three more of the men came in, they did not know him in the

least. Lord! how I laughed! and so did Mrs. Forster. I thought I

should have died. And that made the men suspect something, and

then they soon found out what was the matter."