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ly; how glad you seemed when, for
weeks at a time, I was permitted to
move in the gay circles, when. the
trait in my character called by my
uncle’s family truthfulness often re-
ceived the harsher name of wnpu-
dence. |

« My dear Laura, I conjure you by
all these sweet and sad recollections
of the past, be not angry with me
because I tell you the truth. You
know me, Laura; I will not sacrifice
my sense of right; I must be true:
and in reply to your. earnest (I
will not call it a Aarsher name) de-
fense, I must repeat what I have
before said. It were useless to tell
me of the wealth, the high connec-
tions, the beautiful person, POssess-
ed by the faithless Elmore. Can I
think of him, Laura, and forget the