determined on. Her Situation in every way called for it. She was his rival inLady D.'sDenham's favour, she was young, lovely& dependant. – He had very early seenthe neceſsity of the case, & had now beenlong trying with cautious aſsiduity tomake an impreſsion on her heart, andto undermine her Principles. – Clara saw through him, & had not the least inten::tion of being seduced — but she bore with him patiently enough to confirm the sort of attachment which her personalCharms had raised. — A greater degree of discouragement indeed would not haveaffected Sir Edw:Edward —. He was armed a::gainst the highest pitch of Disdain orAversion. – If she could not be won by affection, he must carry her off.He knew his Busineſs. — Already hadhe had many Musings on the Subject.If he were constrained so to act, he must naturally wish to strike out something new, to exceed those who had gonebefore him — and he w^d .would have felt a^1strongsome curiosity to ^ascertainknow whether theneighbourhood of Tombuctoo mightnot afford some desola solitary Houseadapted for Clara's reception; — but