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This gentleman was the only brother of Mada never been strengthened by

congeniality of character, the intercourse between theether in the world; his aim had been

consequence; splendour was the object of his taste; and his address

and knowledge of character had carried him forward to the attainment of

almost all that he had courted By athat the virtues of St Aubert should be overlooked; or

that his pure taste, simplicity, and moderated wishes, were considered

as e of his

sister with St Aubert had been ned that the matrimonial connection she formed should assist him

to attain the consequence which he so much desired; and some offers were

made her by persons whose rank and fortune flattered his warmest hope

But his sister, as then addressed also by St Aubert, perceived, or

thought she perceived, that happiness and splendour were not the sao the last for the attainht them the same, or not, he would

readily have sacrificed his sister's peace to the gratification of his

own ae with St Aubert, expressed in private

his contempt of her spiritless conduct, and of the connection which it

perh she concealed this insult from her

husband, felt, perhaps, for the first tiard for her own dignity, united with

considerations of prudence, restrained her expression of this

resentment, there was ever after a mild reserve in her manner towards M