THE WORKER IN CHRIST'S tiINEY3RD. Yet while the town was ringing with her triumph, Hannah, on more than one occasion, was alone in her own apartment, reading "Locke on the Epistles," and " West on the Resurrection." For now, more than ever, "I detest and avoid public places, and should make a miserably fine lady," although petted and admired wherever she appeared. Her most delightful hours were passed among " the lilacs and syringas " at Hampton, with Garrick and his amiable wife ; for she now belonged to " the Christian faction." She viewed with increasing distaste the society where precious evenings were frittered away in discussing fashionable silk sacques, point-lace ruffles, and antique china. Garrick perfectly appre- ciated her scruples ; and one Sunday evening, on sacred music-or an apology for it being proposed, he turned to Hannah, and said, playfully, " Nine," (a name he generally gave her in allusion to the Muses), "you are a Sunday woman; retire to your room ; I will recal you when the music is over." Encouraged by the brilliant success of " Percy," and urged by Garrick to try her power once again in the same way, Hannah More wrote, in 1778, " The Fatal Falsehood," a tragedy. But her " warm, steady, disinterested friend " did not live to witness its performance ; for in January, 1779, he died ; and, at the entreaty of Mrs. Garrick, Hannah rose from a bed of sickness to attend the unhappy widow. Her tragedy was brought out with considerable 24
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