Her eyes
kindled, and her cheeks glowed with resentment at this impudent
intimation, which she considered as an unseasonable insult, and
the young gentleman, perceiving her emotion, stood corrected for
his temerity, and asked pardon for the liberty of his remonstrance,
which he hoped she would ascribe to the prevalence of that principle
alone, which he had always taken pride in avowing.
Sophy, seeing him disconcerted, interposed in his behalf, and chid
her cousin for having practised such unnecessary affectation; upon
which, Emilia, softened into compliance, held out her finger as a
signal of her condescension. Peregrine put on the ring with great
eagerness, and mumbled her soft white hand in an ecstasy which would
not allow him to confine his embraces to that limb, but urged him
to seize her by the waist, and snatch a delicious kiss from her
love-pouting lips; nor would he leave her a butt to the ridicule
of Sophy, on whose mouth he instantly committed a rape of the
same nature: so that the two friends, countenanced by each other,
reprehended him with such gentleness of rebuke, that he was almost
tempted to repeat the offence.
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