colours by the benevolence of M^r . Charles Vernon; & yet inspite of his generous endeavours to excuse her, we know that she did, from the most selfish mo::tives, take all poſsible pains to prevent his mar::rying Catherine. —

My Years & increasing Infirmities make me very desirous my dear Reginald, of seeing yousettled in the world. ––– To the Fortune of your wife,the goodneſs of my own, will make me indifferent; but her family & character must be equally unexcep::tionable. When your choice is so fixed as that no ob::jection can be made to either, I can promise youa ready & chearful consent; but it is my Duty to op::pose a Match, which deep Art only could renderprobable, & must in the end make wretched.

It is poſsible that her behaviour may ariseonly from Vanity, or a wish of gaining the admi::ration of a Man whom she must imagine to be