8 THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
I shall, therefore, omit his version of 
the story of infanticide with which the 
worthy servant horrified my bosom, 
and which, he said, was the occasion 
of its perpetual seclusion from the 
haunts of men. He finished his tale 
by intimating to me decidedly, but in 
the most deferential manner, that he 
was of opinion that Sir Aldobrand 
would, if he knew my inclination, take 
the liberty of debarring my access to 
this forbidden wilderness of sweets. 
That decided me. Ladies, to you 
there needs no explanation. The 
impulse for the forbidden, when you 
and I can see no wickedness in it, 
we know to be irresistible. And then 
