The contemplation of such excellency, while it strengthened the
chains with which she held him enslaved, added emulation to the
other motives that induced him to maintain the dispute; and much
subtlety of reasoning was expended upon both sides of this very
particular question, without any prospect of conviction on either
part, till, at last, she began to despair of making him a proselyte
to her opinion by dint of argument; and resolved for the future
to apply herself chiefly to the irresistible prepossessions of his
love, which were not at all diminished or impaired by the essays
of her pen. With this view she proposed a conference, pretending
that it was impossible to convey all her reflections upon this
subject in a series of short letters; and Godfrey undertook to bail
him for the day. But, conscious of her power, he would not trust
himself in her presence, though his heart throbbed with all the
eagerness of desire to see her fair eyes disrobed of that resentment
which they had worn so long, and to enjoy the ravishing sweets of
a fond reconciliation.
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