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her as she once was, and forget what she afterwards became, it would be a recollection worth all my wealth to purchase.

MISS FRANKLAND.

Should you like to see this child?

COLONEL FRANKLAND.

No, no, no! I could not bear it.

MISS FRANKLAND.

He shall not, then, be brought to you; but I will often go and look at him myself. You will not be offended with that?

COLONEL FRANKLAND.

Thou wilt go often to look at him! Is the likeness then so strong?

MISS FRANKLAND.

So strong, that in looking on him you would feel that Louisa, or such a woman as Louisa, must have been his mother.

COLONEL FRANKLAND.

Such a woman, an thou wilt.—What kind of forehead has this child?

MISS FRANKLAND.

Somewhat broad and low.

COLONEL FRANKLAND.

And the nose?