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Rh They both of them married ſhortly after. One, the profligate Lord Sly, and the other a reſpectable clergyman, who had been diſappointed in his hopes of preferment. This laſt couple, in ſpite of their mutual diſappointments, are contented with their lot; and are preparing themſelves and children for another world, where truth, virtue and happineſs dwell together.

For believe me, whatever happineſs we attain in this life muſt faintly reſemble what God himſelf enjoys, whoſe truth and goodneſs produce a ſublime degree, ſuch as we cannot conceive, it is ſo far above our limited capacities.

I did not intend to detain you ſo long, ſaid Mrs. Maſon; have you finiſhed Mrs. Trimmer's Fabulous Hiſtories? Indeed we have, anſwered Caroline mournfully, and I was very ſorry to come to the end. I never read ſuch a pretty book; may I read it over again to Mrs. Trueman's little Fanny? Certainly, ſaid Mrs. Maſon, if you can make her underſtand that birds never talk. Go and run about the garden, Rh