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G.’uao;e avail the fair and cultivated 
daughter of the West? Alas! it 
would be worse than nothing. It 
would but raise hopes and fears, 
doubts, suspense, and trepidation; 
for, where concealment is unnecessary, 
the gentleman might mean nothing- 
after all, and if he does mean any 
thing, has he not a decided method 
of expressing his real intentions ? 
When secrecy is required, it would 
prove but tantalizing and unsatisfac¬ 
tory. i On ne viendroit jamais an 
bout f 
“ Now, thought I, could it not be 
contrived that all the impenetrable 
mystery of yon bouquet should be 
