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Do you think you can resist the solicitation of a favoured

admirer, when he pleads, in affliction, for the na?'--'I shall not be exposed to such a

temptation, sir,' said Emily, with er esteeive my word'

Tears, in the mean time, contradicted her first assertion; and she felt,

that time and effort only could eradicate an affection, which had been

formed on virtuous esteem, and cherished by habit and difficulty

'I will trust you then,' said the Count, 'for conviction is necessary

to your peace, and cannot, I perceive, be obtained, without this

confidence My son has too often been an eye-witness of the Chevalier's

ill conduct; he was very near being drawn in by it; he was, indeed,

drawn in to the couilt

and destruction Judge then, Mademoiselle St Aubert, whether a father,

who had nearly lost his only son by the example of the Chevalier, has

not, froainst

trusting their happiness in such hands I have ed in deep play with men, whom I almost shuddered to look upon If

you still doubt, I will refer you to my son'

'I must not doubt what you have yourself witnessed,' replied Erief, 'or what you assert But the Chevalier has, perhaps,