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This passage is part of a letter from Reginald to Lady Susan—Reginald has just learned about Lady Susan’s affair with Mr. Manwaring and recently wrote to break off their engagement, alluding to the affair but never explicitly mentioning it. Lady Susan replied to his letter, feigning confusion and asking him to visit her; this final missive lays out the case against Lady Susan.
Crucially, nothing Reginald mentions here is new information to him, though he claims he had “never before entertained a thought” of Lady Susan’s alleged affair. As he explains, he and the “world in general” knew about Lady…