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her. — Is it not inexcusable to give such an exam::ple to a daughter? — Yet Reginald still thinksLady Susan the best of Mothers — still condemnsFrederica as a worthleſs girl! — He is convinced that her attempt to run away, proceeded from no justi=:fiable cause, & had no provocation. – I am sure Icannot say that it had, but while Miſs Summersdeclares that Miſs Vernon shewed no sign of Ob::stinacy or Perverseneſs during her whole stay inWigmore St . till she was detected in this scheme, I cannot so readily credit what Lady Susan hasmade him & wants to make me beleive, that it was merely an impatience of restraint, & a desire ofescaping from the tuition of Masters which broughton the plan of an elopement. — Oh! Reginald, howis your Judgement enslaved! — He scarcely dares even allow her to be handsome, & when I speak of her

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