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112 THE MAN OF FEELING,
times a little millinery work, which, when
you are inclined to it, you may affift us
jn. By the way, here are a pair of ruffles
we have juft finiftied for that gentleman
you faw here at tea ; he is a diftant re-,
lation of mine, and a worthy man he is.
It was pity you refufed his offer of a room
at his country-houfe ; my niece, you know,
was to have accompanied you, and you
might have fancied yourfelf at home : a
moft fweet place it is, and but a fhort
mile beyond Hampftead. Who knows,
Mifs Emily, what effefts fuch a vifit
might have bad : if I had half your beau-;
ty, I ftiould not wafte it pining after e’er
a worthlefs fellow of them all.” I felt
my heart fwell at her words ; I would
have been angry if I could ; but I was in
that ftupid ftate which is not cafily awak¬
ened to anger: when I would have chid
her, the reproof ftuck in my throat ; I
could only weep!
Her