greatly affected by the sufferings of the unfortunateStranger and no sooner did I first behold him, thanI felt ^{that on him the happineſs or Misery of my}myself instantaneously in Love with him.future Life must depend. –––adeiu

 Laura

The noble Youth informed us that hisname was Lindsay –. for particular reasons how::ever I shall conceal it under that of Talbot.He told us that he was the son of an EnglishBaronet, that his Mother had been many yearsno more and that he had a Sister of the middlesize. "My Father (he continued) is a mean andmercenary wretch – it is only to such particularfreinds as this DearParty that I would thusbetray his failings –. Your Virtues my amiablePolydore (addreſsing himself to my father) yoursDear Claudia and yours my Charming Lauracall on me to repose in you my Confidence."