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2.) the force of her attachment, begging me at the same time
with all the acts of persuasion to conceal everything as much
as I could for some time longer. Vexed as I was with that she
had not fortitude to confess the whole guilt to her Aunt
and that through timidity she should still wish to put off the
decision; seeing also by that in the present state of her mind
she was unable to listen to any arguments, my distress was
inconceivable: more especially as nothing she had said served
to set aside any of the reasons I had had to determine me to
give my letter to her Uncle. We went & seated ourselves
together in the room in which the younger part of the company
were assembled to dance where it was nothing new for us to be
seen entirely occupied with each other. There she gave me a
more particular account of what her Aunt had said to her
and of the accident by which it had come out. The reproaches
however were chiefly for having carryinged on such a proceeding clandestinely.

I urged with her then the necessity there was of her opening
herself entirely to her mother that very evening as she herself
had before been of opinion that it could be much better
to come from herself. I told her of the impossibility there
was of keeping any thing secret any longer, and that
she must perceive the absolute necessity there was for her
being frank on her part since I should certainly give
my letter to her Uncle that night

She now could no longer pay any the least attention to

Identifier: | JB/539/353/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-06-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	353	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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