Old Maid in London, Middlesex

Dream, prophecies, and Blakeney in a civic memory

The narrator postpones a paper for two or three months to avoid biographer queries about Mrs. Singleton’s life. He mentions nineteen prophecies on public affairs and defers sharing the twentieth, then recounts a vision of military honor and a temple of laurels honoring valorous but less eminent soldiers, and notes Blakeney with Gallant status.