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Thefe were deeply aggravated by the recolleftlon of her 

 father ; a father left in his age to feel his own misfortunes, 

 and his daughter's difgrace. Sir Edward was too generous 

 not to think of providing for Venoni. He meant to malie 

 fome atonement for the injury he had done him, by that 

 cruel bounty which is reparation only to the bafe, but to the 

 honeft is infult. He had not, however, an opportunity of 

 accomplifliing his purpofe. He learned that Venoni, foon 

 after his daughter's elopement, removed from his former 

 place of refidence, and, as his neighbours reported, had 

 died in one of the villages of Savoy- His daughter felt 

 this with anguifti the moft poignant •, and her afflidlion for 

 a while refufed confolation. Sir Edward's whole tender- 

 nefs and attention were called forth to mitigate her grief ; 

 and, after its firft tranfports had fubfided, he carried her 

 to London, in hopes that objeds new to her, and commonly 

 attraftive to all, might contribute to remove it. 



With a man poffelTed of feelings like Sir Edward's, the 

 affli£lion of Louifa gave a certain refped to his attentions. 

 He hired her a houfe, ieparate from his own, and treated 

 her with all the delicacy of the pureft attachment. But his 

 folicitude to comfort and amufe her was not attended with 

 fnccefs. She felt all the horrors of that guilt, which fhe 

 now confidered not only as the ruin of herfelf, but the mur. 

 derer of her father. 



In London, Sir Edward found his filler, who had mar- 

 ried a man of great fortune and high fafliion. He had mar- 

 ried her, becaufc flie was a fine v.cman, and admired by 

 fine men : Ihe had married him, becaufe he was the weal- 

 th led of her fuitors. They lived, as is common to people 

 in luch a fituation, necelTitous with a princely revenue, and 

 very wretch'-d amidft perpetual gaiety. This fcene was fo 

 foreign from the idea Sir Edward had formed of the recep- 

 tion his country andfiiends v.creto afford him, that he found 

 a conftant fource of difguft in the fociety of his equals. In 

 their converfation, fantaflic, not reHned, their ideas were 

 frivolous, and their knowledge (hallow ; and with all the 

 pride of birlh and intnlenceof ftation, their principles were 

 menu, and llieir minds igiiolilc. In their pretended attach- 

 ments, he dilcovtred on!v defigns of felfiUmefs ; and their 

 plcafures, he experi^nctd, ^\cre us fallacious as their frien4- 



