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consider   on   this   offer�察  �and   pray   remember�察  �that   your   union   with   Miss 

Weatherby will put it in your power to be more liberally the friend of Lucy 

Eldridge。 ; 

     The   old gentleman   walked   in   a   stately  manner   out   of   the   room�察  �and 

Temple stood almost petrified with astonishment�察�contempt�察�and rage。 



                                     CHAPTER V。 



                                    SUCH THINGS ARE。 

     MISS Weatherby was the only child of a wealthy man�察�almost idolized 

by her parents�察�flattered by  her dependants�察�and never contradicted  even 

by    those   who    called    themselves     her   friends�此  �I  cannot    give    a  better 

description than by the following lines。 

       The lovely maid whose form and face Nature has deck'd with ev'ry 

grace�察   �But    in  whose     breast   no   virtues   glow�察   �Whose     heart   ne'er   felt 

another's   woe�察�Whose   hand   ne'er   smooth'd   the bed   of pain�察 �Or   eas'd   the 

captive's galling chain�察�But like the tulip caught the eye�察�Born just to be 

admir'd and die�察�When gone�察�no one regrets its loss�察�Or scarce remembers 

that it was。 

     Such   was   Miss Weatherby�此  �her   form  lovely  as   nature   could   make   it�察�

but   her   mind   uncultivated�察  �her   heart   unfeeling�察  �her   passions   impetuous�察�

and   her   brain   almost   turned   with   flattery�察  �dissipation�察  �and   pleasure�察  �and 

such was the girl�察�whom a partial grandfather left independent mistress of 



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the fortune before mentioned。 

     She   had   seen   Temple   frequently�察  �and   fancying   she   could   never   be 

happy   without   him�察  �nor   once   imagining   he   could   refuse   a   girl   of   her 

beauty and fortune�察�she prevailed on her fond father to offer the alliance to 

the old Earl of D�察�Mr。 Temple's father。 

     The   Earl   had   received   the   offer   courteously�此  �he   thought   it   a   great 

match for Henry�察�and was too fashionable a man to suppose a wife could 

be   any   impediment   to   the   friendship   he   professed   for   Eldridge   and   his 

daughter。 

     Unfortunately        for    Temple�察     �he    thought     quite     otherwise�此    �the 

conversation       he  had   just   had   with   his  father�察  �discovered     to  him   the 

situation of his heart�察�and he found that the most affluent fortune would 

bring no increase of happiness unless Lucy Eldridge shared it with him�察�

and the knowledge of the purity of her sentiments�察�and the integrity of his 

own     heart�察  �made    him    shudder    at  the   idea   his  father   had   started�察  �of 

marrying a woman for no other reason than because the affluence of her 

fortune   would   enable   him   to   injure   her   by   maintaining   in   splendor   the 

woman   to   whom   his   heart   was   devoted�此  �he   therefore   resolved   to   refuse 

Miss Weatherby�察�and be the event what it might�察�offer his heart and hand 

to Lucy Eldridge。 

     Full of this determination�察�he fought his father�察�declared his resolution�察�

and was commanded never more to appear in his presence。 Temple bowed�察�

his heart was too full to permit him to speak�察�he left the house precipitately�察�

and hastened to relate the cause of his sorrows to his good old friend and 

his amiable daughter。 

     In the mean time�察�the Earl�察�vexed to the soul that such a fortune should 

be   lost�察  �determined   to   offer   himself   a   candidate   for   Miss   Weatherby's 

favour。 

     What wonderful changes are wrought by that reigning power�察�ambition� �

the love´sick   girl�察�when   first she heard of Temple's refusal�察 �wept�察 �raved�察�

tore her hair�察�and vowed to found a protestant nunnery with her fortune�察�

and    by   commencing        abbess�察  �shut   herself   up   from    the  sight   of  cruel 

ungrateful man for ever。 

     Her father was a man of the world�此�he suffered this first transport to 



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subside�察 �and   then very  deliberately  unfolded   to   her   the   offers   of the   old 

Earl�察   �expatiated     on   the   many    benefits    arising    from    an   elevated    title�察�

painted in glowing colours the surprise and vexation of Temple when he 

should see her figuring as a Countess and his mother´in´law�察�and begged 

her to consider well before she made any rash vows。 

     The DISTRESSED fair one dried her tears�察�listened patiently�察�and   at 

length declared she believed the surest method to revenge the slight put on 

her by the son�察�would be to accept the father�此�so said so done�察�and in a few 

days she became the Countess D。 

     Temple heard the news with emotion�此�he had lost his father's favour by 

avowing   his   passion   for   Lucy�察  �and   he   saw   now   there   was   no   hope   of 

regaining it�此 �but he shall not make me miserable�察─�said he。 ;Lucy and I 

have no ambitious notions�此�we can live on three hundred a year for some 

little time�察�till the mortgage is paid off�察�and then we shall have sufficient 

not only for the comforts but many of the little elegancies of life。 We will 

purchase      a  little  cottage�察   �my    Lucy�察─   �said   he�察   �and   thither   with    your 

reverend   father   we   will   retire�察  �we   will   forget   there   are   such   things   as 

splendor�察  �profusion�察  �and   dissipation�此  �we   will   have   some   cows�察  �and   you 

shall be queen of the dairy�察�in a morning�察�while I look after my garden�察�

you shall take a basket on your arm�察�and sally forth to feed your poultry�察�

and   as   they   flutter   round   you   in   token   of   humble   gratitude�察  �your   father 

shall   smoke   his   pipe   in   a   woodbine   alcove�察  �and   viewing   the   serenity   of 

your   countenance�察  �feel   such   real   pleasure   dilate   his   own   heart�察  �as   shall 

make him forget he had ever been unhappy。; 

     Lucy smiled�察�and Temple saw it was a smile of approbation。 He sought 

and   found   a   cottage   suited   to   his   taste�察  �thither�察  �attended   by   Love   and 

Hymen�察�the happy trio retired�察�where�察�during many years of uninterrupted 

felicity�察  �they   cast   not   a   wish   beyond   the   little   boundaries   of   their   own 

tenement。   Plenty�察  �and   her   handmaid�察  �Prudence�察  �presided   at   their   board�察�

Hospitality stood at their gate�察�Peace smiled on each face�察�Content reigned 

in each heart�察�and Love and Health strewed roses on their pillows。 

     Such were the parents of Charlotte Temple�察�who was the only pledge 

of their mutual love�察�and who�察�at the earnest entreaty of a particular friend�察�

was permitted to finish the education her mother had begun�察�at Madame 



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Du Pont's school�察�where we first introduced her to the acquaintance of the 

reader。 



                                    CHAPTER VI。 



                              AN INTRIGUING TEACHER。 

     MADAME   Du   Pont   was   a   woman   every  way   calculated   to   take   the 

care of young ladies�察�had that care entirely devolved on herself�察�but it was 

impossible to   attend   the   education   of   a numerous   school   without   proper 

assistants�察�and those assistants were not always the kind of people whose 

conversation   and   morals   were   exactly   such   as   parents   of   delicacy   and 

refinement would wish a daughter to copy。 Among the teachers at Madame 

Du   Pont's   school�察  �was   Mademoiselle   La   Rue�察  �who   added   to   a   pleasing 

person and insinuating address�察�a liberal education and the manners of a 

gentlewoman。        She   was    recommended        to  the   school   by   a  lady   whose 

humanity overstepped the bounds of discretion�此�for though she knew Miss 

La Rue had eloped from a convent with a young officer�察�and�察�on coming to 

England�察  �had   lived   with   several   different   men   in   open   defiance   of   all 

moral   and   religious   duties�察  �yet�察  �finding   her   reduced   to   the   most   abject 

want�察�and believing the penitence which she professed to be sincere�察�she 

took    her   into  her   own    family�察  �and   from    thence    recommended        her  to 

Madame Du Pont�察�as thinking the situation more suitable for a woman of 

her    abilities。  But   Mademoiselle        possessed     too   much    of   the  spirit  of 

intrigue     to  remain     long    without    adventures。      At   church�察   �where     she 

constantly   appeared�察  �her   person   attracted   the   attention   of   a   young   man 

who was upon a visit at a gentleman's seat in the neighbourhood�此�she had 

met   him  several   times   clandestinely�察  �and   being invited   to
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