Door faſt; nor could he for ſome Time obtain any Anſwer from within; for Molly as ſhe herſelf afterwards informed him, was faſt aſleep.
The Extremes of Grief and Joy have been remarked to produce very ſimilar Effects; and when either of theſe ruſhes on us by Surprize, it is apt to create ſuch a total Perturbation and confuſion, that we are often thereby deprived of the Uſe of all our Faculties. It cannot therefore be wondered at, that the unexpected Sight of Mr. Jones ſhould ſo ſtrongly operate on the Mind of Molly, and ſhould overwhelm her with ſuch Confuſion, that for ſome Minutes ſhe was unable to expreſs the great Raptures, with which the Reader will ſuppoſe ſhe was affected on this Occaſion. As for Jones, he was ſo entirely poſſeſſed, and as it were enchanted by the Preſence of his beloved Object, that he for a while forgot Sophia, and conſequently the principal Purpoſe of his Viſit.
This, however, ſoon recurred to his Memory; and after the firſt Tranſports of their Meeting were over, he found Means by Degrees to introduce a Diſcourſe on the fatal Conſequences which muſt attend theirAmour,
