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But she shall be punished, she shall have him.I have sent Charles to Town to make matters up if he can, for I do not by any means want her here.If Miſs Summers will not keep her, you must findme out another school, unleſs we can get her marriedimmediately. — Miſs S. writes word that she couldnot get the young Lady to aſsign any cause for her extraordinary conduct, which confirms me in my ownprivate explanation of it. —

Frederica is too shy I think, & too much inawe of me, to tell tales; but if the mildneſs of herUncleshould get any thing from her, I am not a::fraid. I trust I shall be able to make my storyas good as her's. — If I am vain of any thing, it is ofmy eloquence. Consideration & Esteem as surely followcommand of Language, as Admiration waits on Beauty. And here I have opportunity enough for the exerciseof my Talent, as the cheif of my time is spent in

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