vour? I shall most sincerely
love the little charmer; and all I am capable of doing for her, both
by example and affection, shall most cordially be done. My dearest sir,
added I, oblige me in this thing! I think already my heart is set upon
it! What a sweet employment and companionship shall I have!

We'll talk of this some other time, replied he; but I must, in prudence,
put some bounds to your amiable generosity. I had always intended to
surprise you into this discovery; but my sister led the way to it, out
of a poorness in her spite, that I could not brook: And though you have
pleased me beyond expression, in your behaviour on this occasion; yet
I can't say, that you have gone much beyond my expectations; for I have
such a high opinion of you, that I think nothing could have shaken
it, but a contrary conduct to this you have expressed on so tender a
circumstance.

Well, sir, said the dear little miss, then you will not let me go home
with my aunt, will you? I am sure she will love me. When you break up
next, my dear, said he, if you are a good girl, you shall pay your new
aunt a visit. She made a low courtesy. Thank you, sir, answered she.
Yes, my dear, said I, and I will get you some fine things against the
time. I would have brought you some now, had I known I should have seen
my pretty love. Thank you, madam, returned she.

How old, sir, said I, is miss? Between six and seven, answered he. Was
she ever, sir, said I, at your house? My sister, replied he, carried her
thither once, as a near relation of her lord's. I remember, sir, said I,
a little miss; and Mrs. Jervis and I took her to be a relation of Lord
Davers.

My sister, returned he, knew the whole secret from the beginning; and it
made her a great merit with me, that she kept it from the knowledge
of my father, who was then living, and of my mother, to her dying-day;
though she descended so low in her rage, to hint the matter to you.

The little misses took their leaves soon after: and I know not how, but
I am strangely affected with this dear child. I wish he would be so good
as to let me have her home. It would be a great pleasure to have such
a fine opportunity, obliged as I am, to shew my love for himself, in my
fondness for his dear miss.

As we came home together in the chariot, he gave me the following
particulars of this affair, additional to what he had before mentioned:

That this lady was of a good family, and the flower of it but that her