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[email protected] art: Detail of "Morning Walking Dress" from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, July 1813. Collection of the author LADY ANN'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE London, August 1802 The Earl of Evesham grinned like a child with a new toy as he drove the elegant curricle down Park Lane. He'd just picked it up from the carriage maker and was more than pleased with its balance, buoyant spring, and smooth ride, not to mention the gleaming yellow-gold side panels and the tufted black leather seat. The earl was not, in general, a man overly concerned with what was fashionable, but he felt singularly pleased to have so up-to-date a sporting vehicle.
