Date: 1782

"Her heart, deeply wounded of late by unexpected indifference, and undeserved mortification, was now, perhaps, more than usually susceptible of those penetrating and exquisite pleasures which friendship and kindness possess the highest powers of bestowing."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"The revival of this early connection delighted them both, it was balm to the wounded mind of Cecilia, it was renovation to the existence of Mrs. Charlton."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"The journey was melancholy and tedious: Mrs. Charlton, extremely fatigued by the unusual hurry and exercise both of mind and body which she had lately gone through, was obliged to travel very slowly, and to lie upon the road."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"Yet disdain not to reflect that every instant will seem endless, while Cecilia must appear to me unjust, or wound my very soul by the recollection of her in sorrow."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)