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This quotation is part of a letter from Lady Susan to Alicia in which Lady Susan explains that Frederica wrote to Reginald, hoping he could persuade Lady Susan to call off Frederica’s engagement to Sir James Martin. This obviously annoyed Lady Susan, and she has no plans to allow it. Frederica has always had a crush on Reginald, which Lady Susan knew, but now she worries Reginald could return Frederica’s feelings someday—all the more reason to force her daughter to marry Sir James.
Lady Susan’s anger in this passage is somewhat confusing; in previous letters to Alicia, she explained that…