a sweet scent

In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

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Parade, is a Military word, signifying the Place where Troops usually draw together, in order to mount the Guards, or for any other Service.