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That he might the better judge what remedy ought to be applied,
he used his whole influence, and practised all his eloquence upon
the youth, in order to learn the immediate cause of his delirium.
He employed the most pathetic entreaties, and even shed tears in
the course of his supplication; so that Pickle, the first violence
of the hurricane being blown over, was ashamed of his own imprudence,
and retired to his chamber in order to recollect his dissipated
thoughts; there he shut himself up, and for the second time perusing
the fatal epistle, began to waver in his opinion of the author's
character and intention. He sometimes considered her as one of those
nymphs, who, under the mask of innocence and simplicity, practise
upon the hearts and purses of unwary and inexperienced youths:
this was the suggestion of his wrath inflamed by disappointment;
but when he reflected upon the circumstances of her behaviour, and
recalled her particular charms to his imagination, the severity
of his censure gave way and his heart declared in favour of her
sincerity.


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