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haviour on the part of the youth, or of other good 
qualities which the wife found in him, certain it is, 
that he daily increased in favour with her, and was 
advanced from his pitiable situation to something 
more like comfort; and others of the family were made 
to do his bidding, while his comely person was set off 
by handsome apparel and ornaments. The secret in- 
fluence which had gained him this distinction con- 
tinued to operate with still greater force, until it was 
evident that the wife had no will but his pleasure, no 
pleasure but his will, and she hesitated not to heap 
upon him every possible mark of her affection, with- 
out regard to expense, or a thought concerning her 
other wedded loves. 
As would certainly be the case with any other man 
under such circumstances, the favourite became in- 
tolerably conceited, overhearing to his fellow husbands, 
and solely engrossed by his passion for the all-loving 
and beloved queen of his heart. In luxury and sloth, 
the infatuated pair passed the time away, while the 
other men were made to slave for their support, and 
the encouragement of their excesses. 
Unused to such indulgences, hitherto humble and 
poor, the new favourite was lost in the intoxication 
of pleasure, his heart was abandoned to pride and 
selfishness, while every kindly virtue lay dormant. 
Yet, when the hours of excitement ceased to flush 
his senses, and fresh pleasures of dissipation failed 
to bud, in his heart he could not but feel conscious 
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