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Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Volume 2 Letter 56
In which the narrator, persuaded by Mr. B. and Miss Darnford to attend a masquerade, finds herself disconcerted by the freedoms and coarse jests that abound, despite the fascinating costumes and lively company. She reflects with a gentle moralising tone on the nature of wit and decency amid such diversions, concluding with a firm resolution to avoid these assemblies in future.
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