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 would introduce any improper perſon to her and Bab, was the more willing to liſten to Maria's account of herſelf. Maria then related to the polite and good natured ſiſter of her deliverer what ſhe had communicated to him at Mrs H––'s, and after having beſtowed many high, but juſt encomiums on his generous behaviour to her, concluded with ſaying, that ſhe was very ſure her dear parents would be full as grateful as herſelf on her being reſtored to them as innocent as ſhe was when ſhe left them at B——y. Sophy, having liſtened with the utmoſt attention to Maria while the delivered her intereſting little ſtory, and diſcovered ſeveral times, during the delivery of it, ſtrong ſigns of compaſſion, ſtarted up from her chair when the mentioned B——y; taking her by the hand, cried, “Bleſs me, madam, is your name Colby?” “Yes, madam," replied Maria, "I am that unfortunate girl: I ſhould indeed ſay I was," continued ſae weeping; "but till I ſee my amiable, indulgent parents again, the happineſs which I feel on my deliverance from that wicked woman, muſt be conſiderably interrupted by uneaſy ſenſations conceining then. Sophy could not help ſheding a few ſympathetic tears: preſſing the hand which ſhe held in her's tenderly, ſhe intreated her in