Yet, Sir, Replied She, I Have Read That A Union Of Hearts As Well As
Hands Is Necessary For The Felicity Of That State; - That There Ought To
Be A Simpathy Of Soul Between Them, And A Perfect Confidence In Each
Other, Before The Indissoluble Knot Is Tied:
- And this, according to my
notion, can only be the result of a long acquaintance and accompanied
with many proofs of affection on both sides.
Were all young women to think as you do, said he with a smile, we would
have much fewer marriages; they would indeed be happier; therefore I am
far from condemning your precaution, nor would wish you should give
yourself to one till well assured he was incapable of treating you with
less regard after marriage than before: - no, no, Louisa, I will never
press you to become a wife, till you shall yourself acknowledge the man
I offer to you as a husband is not unworthy of that title, thro' a want
of honour, fortune, or affection.
As Louisa thought this must be the work of time, the chagrin she felt at
the first mention of marriage was greatly dissipated; and she told him,
that when she was once convinced such a person as he described honoured
her so far as to think she merited his affection, she would do all in
her power to return it.
The enamoured Dorilaus having now brought her to the point he aimed at,
thought it best to throw off the mark at once, and leave her no longer
in suspence.
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