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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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