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  to account for, and might have put others on tracing the motives of it.

Whether she ever return'd to the attack, I know not, and to say the truth, I believe not; she had had her freak out, and had pretty plentifully drowned her curiosity in a glut of pleasure, which as it happen'd had no other consequence, than that the lad, who retain'd only a confus'd memory of the transaction, would when he saw her, for some little time after, express a grin of joy, and familiarity, after his ideot manner, and soon forgot her, probably in favour of the next woman tempted on the report of his parts to take him in. Louisa too herself did not long outstay this adventure, at Mrs. Cole's (to whom, by the bye, we took care not to boast of our exploit, till all fear of consequences was clearly over:) for, an occasion presenting itself of proving her passion for a young fellow, at the expence of her discretion, proceeding all in character, she pack'd up her toilette, at half a day's