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were it not that I have the vanity to hope I may 

 lead them to a degree of improvement in their tastes 

 and sentiments. The other day, Charlotte, with the 

 most provoking coolness, inquired whether I knew what 

 was become of you. I showed her our correspondence. 

 She smiled, and said you were very romantic ; but 

 though she pretended to feel contempt for the obscurity 

 of your present mode of life, she could not deny some 

 praise to the magnanimity you have shown in adver- 

 sity. 



Continue, my dear girl, to instruct me by a recital 

 of your occupations and amusements : you have 

 already wrought a material change in the mind and 

 sentiments of your affectionate friend, 



Emily. 



