This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1771 Excerpt: ...not trust yourself with we, Fanny?" added he, in a softened, in the most persuasive tone. I blushed, I looked down: unexperienced as I was, I felt the impropriety of this request, and I--sighed. "You sigh--you are silent," replied he pressing my hand 5 " do you distrust me? do you chink me capable of injuring you, Miss ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1771 Excerpt: ...not trust yourself with we, Fanny?" added he, in a softened, in the most persuasive tone. I blushed, I looked down: unexperienced as I was, I felt the impropriety of this request, and I--sighed. "You sigh--you are silent," replied he pressing my hand 5 " do you distrust me? do you chink me capable of injuring you, Miss Osgood?"; "I don't know, my Lord," answered I, after I, after some hesitation, withdrawing my hand; " I would, willingly, continue to have a good opinion of your Lordship, and, therefore, I believe, I had better not trust you; I should be sorry to be deceived." "How flattering is that dreaded sorrow!--how amiable your fears!--yet banish them, Fanny; not my own honour shall be dearer to me than yours; but you must remain here no longer without a friend, without a protector. Sir Thomas, or your mother, or a thousand Other people may involve you in numberless difsiqulties: and destroy your peace." "And to what other place can I go?" said I---" I know nobody: I have, hitherto, met with no interruption here, and I may, by leaving this house, fall into worse hands.," .-: "I will "1 will take care of that," replied he; "I will secure you a retreat; I will fur nish you with every thing to render it agreeable to you.--You shall be your own mistress, Fanny, you shall depend upon nobody's pleasure but your own: I will be the most submissive of your friends." I could not help smiling to think of the satisfaction which he promised himself from his last words.--I stiook my head, however, at his fine scheme--I thought it, indeed, a very pleasing one, yet I, at the same time, deemed it to be an iu practicable one; because I knew that I had not money to live i...
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