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8) on the slightest provocation.

During this happy state of Harmony, the eldest Mis Fitzroy ran off with the Coachman the amiable Rebecca was asked in marriage by Captain Roger of Buckinghamshire.

Mrs Fitzroy did not approve of the match on account of the tender years of the young couple, Rebecca being but MS 36 (thirty-six) Captain Roger little more than MS 63 (sixty-three). To remedy this objection, it was agreed that they should wait a little while till they were a good deal older.

In the mean time the parents of Frederic proposed to those of Elfrida, an union between them, which being accepted with