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have left the house! Unable to see me, or tobid me adeiu, while I, senseleſs wretch, was daring to sleep. This, then explains his leavingus at such a time of day –. He could not trusthimself to see me –. Charming Young Man!How much must you have suffered! I knewthat it was impoſsible for one so elegant,and so well bred, to leave any Family insuch a Manner, but for a Motive like thisunanswerable." Satisfied, beyond the powerof Change, of this, she went in high spi::rits to her Aunt's apartment, withoutgiving a Moment's recollection on the va::nity of Young Women, or the unaccounta:ble conduct of Young Men. 

1James Edward Austen Kitty continued in this state of satisfactionduring the remainder of the Stanley's visit – Who took their leave with many preſsing invitations to visit them in London, when as Camilla said, she might have an

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