- Behold Then In Me, Said He, The Person I Have Mentioned:
Nor Think Me Vain In Ascribing Those Merits To Myself Which I Would Wish
To Be The Loadstone Of Your Affection.
- My honour, I believe, you will
not call in question:
- My humour you have never found capricious, or
difficult to please; and as for my love, you cannot but allow the
conquering that aversion, which myself, as well as all the world,
believed unalterable for a marriage state; besides a thousand other
scruples opposed my entering into it with you, is a proof greater than
almost any other man could give you. - There requires, therefore, my dear
Louisa, no time to convince you of what I am, or assure you of what I
may be; and I hope the affection you bore me, as a faithful friend, and
the protector of your innocence, will not be diminished on my making
this declaration.
The confusion in which this speech involved her is even impossible to be
conceived, much less can any words come up to its description: she
blushed; - she trembled; - she was ready to die between surprize, grief
and shame: - fain she would have spoke, but feared, lest what she should
say would either lose his friendship or encourage his passion. - Each
seemed equally dreadful to her: - no words presented themselves to her
distracted mind that she could think proper to utter, till he pressing
her several times to reply, and seeming a little to resent her
silence - Oh!
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