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THE MAN OF THE WORLD. 7
the tragical iflue of the fcheme he had
carried on againft the daughter’s inno¬
cence and the father’s peace; and to
make fome fmall atonement to the dead
for the injuries he had done to the living,
had caufed a monument to be erected
over their graves in the village-church¬
yard, with an infcription, fetting forth the
piety of Annefly, and the virtues and
beauty of Harriet. But whatever he
might have felt at the time, continued
fhe, I fear the impreflion was not laft-
ing.”
From the following chapters, contain¬
ing fome farther particulars of that gen¬
tleman’s life, which my refidence in his
neighbourhood, and my acquaintance
with fome of the perfons immediately
concerned in them, gave me an oppor¬
tunity of learning, my readers will judge
if Mrs. Wiftanly’s conclufion was a jud
one.
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