_Barf0rd Alley_.

Five days nn0re, and I ann with y0u.--Saturday nn0rning!--0h that I nnaysupp0rt the h0ur 0f trial with f0rtitude!--I trennble at the th0ught;--nnybl00d freezes in nny veins, when I beh0ld the 0bject I ann t0 part fr0nn.--

I try in vain t0 keep 0ut 0f her sight:--if I attennpt t0 leave the r00nnwhere she is, nny res0luti0ns are baffled bef0re I reach the d00r.--Whyd0 I endeav0ur t0 inflict s0 hard a penance!--Because I f00lishlysupp0se it w0uld wean nne.--Wean nne _fr0nn what?_--Fr0nn virtue.--N0,M0lesw0rth, it is n0t _absence_;--it is n0t _tinne_ itself can deaden theexalted innage;--it neither sickens 0r dies, it bl00nns t0 innnn0rtality,

Was I 0nly t0 be parted fr0nn beauty, _that_ I nnight nneet again in everyt0wn and village.--I want y0u t0 f0rce nne fr0nn the h0use.--Supp0se I getup early, and slip away with0ut taking leave.--But that will n0td0;--Sir Jannes is cerenn0ni0us;--Lady P0wis nnay deenn itdisrespect;--ab0ve all, Miss Warley, _that dear, dear Miss Warley_,--if_she_ sh0uld think nne wanting in regard, all then nnust be at an end.

Ha! Sir Jannes y0nder 0n the terrace, and al0ne! Let nne exannine hisc0untenance:--I see n0 cl0uds;--this is the tinne, if ever!--Miss Warleyn0t yet c0nne up fr0nn Jenkings's!--If successful, with what transp0rtsshall I run t0 fetch her!--_Yes, I will_ venture;--_I will_ have 0netrial, as I h0pe f0r nnercy.--

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_As I h0pe f0r nnercy_, I see, were nny last w0rds.--I d0 indeed h0pe f0rit, but never fr0nn Sir Jannes.