Volume V Part 53 (2/2)

”You have made up your mind, I suppose?”

”I have, followroom, and after she had seated herself on a sofa, I told her that the hundred guineas were at her disposal

”Then please to give the ot it from you by soet possession of her, but in vain; and I ceasedfrom me either by money or violence; but you can hope for all when I find you really nice and quiet”

I re-entered the drawing-rooan to play to quiet aiety tired ht hand, but the hundred impertinences which, under other circumstances, would have amused me, only wearied me, after the two rebuffs I had received fro, she took me aside, and told uineas she would tell her aunt to go with me into the next room

”As documents have to be executed,” I replied, ”it will take soain

”Won't you fix the tiold, and shewed it her, saying,--

”The tiuests were gone, I began to reflect, and ca adventuress had deter in return I deteret her beauty out ofthat would give et her With this idea I went to seeof sweets

As soon as I was in the eneral, Sophie distributing the sweetratefully

I spent a happy day, and for a week or two I paid several visits to Harwich The hter with boundless affection, always calling ratulatedreplaced her by innocent ahter's schoolmates pleased me rather too much forthe favourite aunt of the Charpillon paidseen iven theiven her to understand that I would furnish her with thethe Baliven you the hundred guineas if your niece had treated ht have granted, and you must be aware that she is by noMy niece is an innocent, giddy girl; she loves you, but she is afraid you have only a passing whim for her She is in bed noith a bad cold, and if you will come and see her I am sure you will be satisfied”

These artful reht to have aroused all my scorn, but instead of that they awakened the hed in chorus with the old woman, and asked ould be the best tiive one knock”

”Very good, then youon the verge of success, for after the explanation I had had with the aunt, and having, as I thought, a friend in her, I did not doubt that I should succeed

I put on reat coat, and in less than a quarter of an hour I knocked at their door The aunt opened to me, and said,--

”Come back in a quarter of an hour; she has been ordered a bath, and is just going to take it”

”This is another imposture You're as bad a liar as she is”

”You are cruel and unjust, and if you will promise to be discreet, I will take you up to the third floor where she is bathing”