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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 329173, member: 5833&quot;]James may have been a house guest who came for this grand ball &amp; supper.&nbsp; Sounds to me as though he is expecting to be seeing Mrs. Hanley when he returns home, &amp; will then tell her:</p><p><br /></p><p>Who was in most in the fashion, what colours were worn,</p><p>What dresses were spoiled, what characters torn.</p><p><br /></p><p>This gossipy-ness would not become the offspring of a rector.&nbsp; Chetwynd Rectory was on the grounds of <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001117" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001117" rel="nofollow">Chetwynd Hall</a>, which is probably where the festivities occurred.&nbsp; Perhaps some guests were put up there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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