and the instances of my brother induce me to accept of Mr. Blossom's hand, my heart will ever remain fondly attached to the first dear object of its virgin love.
J.B"
This letter afforded our hero very
great pleasure. He had formed a resolution
of relinquishing all intercourse
with Miss Collings, but determined to
use every effort that might be in his
power, in order to promote the interest-and
advantage of one who had suffered so
much from her attachment to himself.
Now her situation in point of rank and
opulence was much higher, through the
vice and folly of another, than any which
she could have expected to have attained.
He could have regretted the deception
or compulsion, if it had been
practised upon a man of honour and
worth. But in the present case he was
