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536THE MAN OF FEELING,
particularly folemn in the acknowledg¬
ment, yet my heart fweils to make it,
awed as it is by a fenfe of my prefump-
tion, by a fenfe of your perfettions”
He paufed again “ Let it not offend
you to know their power over one fo un¬
worthy—it will, I believe, foon ceafe to
beat, even with that feeling which it fhall
lofe the lateft.—I o love Mifs Walton
could not be a crime if to declare it is
one—the expiation will be made ”—Her
tears were now flowing without controul*
—Let me intreat you, laid fhe, to have
better hopes Let not life be fo indiffe¬
rent to you ; if my wifhescan put any
value on it—I will not pretend to mifun-
derftand you—1 know your worth—I
have known it long—I have efleemed it—
What would you have me fay ?—I have
loved it as it deferred” He feized
her hand—a languid colour reddened his
cheek—a fmile brightened faintly in his
eye as he gazed on her, ir grew dim>