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Gauntlet insisted
upon his staying to supper, and treated him with particular
demonstrations of regard and affection. As her economy was not
encumbered with an unnecessary number of domestics, her own presence
was often required in different parts of the house, so that the
young gentleman was supplied with frequent opportunities of promoting
his suit by all the tender oaths and insinuations that his passion
could suggest. He protested her idea had taken such entire possession
of his heart, that finding himself unable to support her absence
one day longer, he had quitted his studies, and left his governor
by stealth, that he might visit the object of his adoration, and
be blessed in her company for a few days without interruption.
She listened to his addresses with such affability as denoted
approbation and delight, and gently chided him as a thoughtless
truant, but carefully avoided the confession of a mutual flame;
because she discerned, in the midst of all his tenderness, a levity
of pride which she durst not venture to trust with such a declaration.


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