THE OR THE 2 Old Maid and Married Woman. A Novel... IN THREE VOLUMES. BY MRS. ROSS, AUTHOR OF THE MARCHIONESS, THE COUSINS, FAMILY ESTATE, A. K. NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. 14224 THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. CHAPTER I. If she do frown, 'tis not in hate of you. SHAKESPEARE. THE continual employment of reading old letters, documents, and papers of various sorts, and attending her counsel, completely took up Mrs. Charlton's time, and prevented her shewing to Althea the nume rous beauties of Ireland herself, as she wished to have done. She therefore took some pains to select for her a pleasant circle, with whom she might visit in Dublin, or accompany to different places. Althea, who went merely as her companion, and was never without resources in her own mind, wished to decline many of |