Frederica is returned on my hands, & having nownothing else to employ her, is busy in pursueing theplan of Romance begun at Langford. — She is actuallyfalling in love with Reginald De Courcy. — To disobeyher Mother by refusing an unexceptionable offer is not enough; her affections must likewise be givenwithout her Mother's approbation. — I never saw agirl of her age, bid fairer to be the sport of Mankind. Her feelings are tolerably lively, & she is so charm::ingly artleſs in their display, as to afford the most reasonable hope of her being ridiculed & despised byevery Man who sees her. —

Artleſsneſs will never do in Love matters, & that girl is born a simpleton who has it either bynature or affectation. — I am not yet certain that Reginald sees what she is about; nor is it of muchconsequence; — she is now an object of indifference to him, she would be one of contempt were he tounderstand her Emotions. ––– Her beauty is much