fanny read to herself that `` it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce a matrimonial fracas in the family of mr. r. of wimpole street ; the beautiful mrs. r. , not long married , who had promised to become so brilliant a leader in the fashionable world , having quitted her husband 's roof in company with the well-known and captivating mr. c. , the intimate friend of mr. r. , and it was not known even to the editor of the newspaper whither they were gone . ''