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disturbed, withdrew; but her friend, Charlotte Hamilton, would not depart without seeing Maria; she repaired to her room, and inquiring into her illness, for some time could obtain no answer. At last, Maria informed her of her suspicions, and their grounds. Charlotte endeavoured to convince her that she must certainly be mistaken; and besides, from what she had read and heard, it was possible for a man to be passionately fond of one woman, though he might pay some attention to another. "What, though he intrigues with another?" said Maria. "Yes," said Charlotte; "at least so Fielding and Smollett tell us, and they knew human nature very well.—Do not you remember Upton, my dear?" "Yes;" but did Jones leave his Sophia in order to meet another?" "Do not you," replied Charlotte, "remember the grove where there was the