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'The clofe of Mr. Elwes's life was ftifi referved for
one Angularity more, and which wiU not be hekl k&
Angular than all that has paifed before it, when hts dif^
pofition and his advanced age aie confidered. He gavf
away his aiFe£lions : he oonccivcd the Under peffion.-*^
In plain terms, having been accufiocbed for fome time
to pafs his hours, out of oec(momy, with the two vcaai
fervants in the kitchen — ^one of them had ^e art to in-'
duce him to fall in love with her; and it is matter dt
^ubt, had it not been dilcovered, whedxer flie would
not have had the power over him to have made hini
marry her.
