selves, I shall relate the events
in a connected narrative.

Uncle and Mrs. Dale had the inside of the coach to themselves, Harry
riding outside. Uncle began by praising Harry; and then reverting to
the time he was first sent to the rectory, and the note Mrs. Dale sent
with him; he asked, not without a knowing smile, if the intimacy she
had formerly feared had been at all renewed, because he had observed
that Harry appeared worn and pale on his return on the Mondays, and was
dull and stupid that day. Mrs. Dale seemed somewhat alarmed at hearing
of this, probably she began to think that something might have occurred
between the cousins while she was busied with me, uncle observed her
uneasiness, and, guessing the cause, said--

"My dear Mrs. Dale, if anything has taken place, and anything comes of
it, I am a man of the world, and you may rely upon my assistance and
discretion to take such steps as may tend to keep it from the knowledge
of the world."

She thanked him, and said she would be glad to accept his aid if any
unfortunate event should have happened--but she hoped not.

Uncle saw that her fears were excited, so he held onto the subject, so
at last she avowed the she feared there might have occurred some
passages between the two cousins, for she had foolishly trusted that
all thought of that had gone out of their heads, and she might not have
taken such precautions as she ought to have done.

"Well, my dear madame, my services are at your disposal in case of any
necessity, I am not in reality strait-laced, although, in my position,
I am obliged to appear so. I feel certain that my experience would be
able to suggest the best way of hushing up the scandal if such should
be likely to occur."

Mrs. Dale was profuse in thanks, and the doctor became warmer in his
discourse, saying that for such a woman as herself, whom he had long
admired and coveted, he would do anything.

"For, my dear madam, though I am in the church, something of the old
Adam still adheres to me, and the sight and touch of one who has so
charmed me as you have done makes a young man of me again."

Here his arm glided round her charming little waist. He drew her to
him, and with some coyness and words of refusal, she yielded her lips
to his embrace. His other hand, lifting up her petticoats, sought to
feel her beauteous cunt. Again resistance of hand and tongue, but a
yielding for all that, and the doctor soon got possession of her lovely