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"If thou dost confess that," returned Cahtly deserves to be loved, hat face dost thou dare to come

before one whom thou knowest to be the mirror wherein he is reflected on

whom thou shouldst look to see hoorthily thou hiive so little heed to what thou owest

to thyself; it must have been some freedom of mine, for I will not call

it immodesty, as it did not proceed from any deliberate intention, but

froh inadvertence

when they think they have no occasion for reserve But tell ive a reply to thy prayers that could awaken

in thee a shadow of hope of attaining thy base wishes? When were not thy

professions of love sternly and scornfully rejected and rebuked? When

were thy frequent pledges and still ifts believed or

accepted? But as I a persevere in the

atte to attribute

to htlessness

of mine has all this time fostered thy hopes; and therefore will I punish

uilt deserves And that

thouso relentless to myself I cannot possibly be

otherwise to thee, I have summoned thee to be a witness of the sacrifice

I mean to offer to the injured honour of ed by

thee with all the assiduity thou wert capable of, and byevery occasion, if I have given any, of

encouraging and sanctioning thy base designs Once more I say the