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Rh do as we would be done by. This duty muſt be practiſed conſtantly; at meals there are frequent opportunities, and I hope, Caroline, I ſhall never again ſee you eager to ſecure dainties for yourſelf. If ſuch a diſpoſition were to grow up with you, you ought to live alone, for no one ſhould enjoy the advantages and pleaſures which ariſe from ſocial intercourſe, who is unwilling to give way to the inclinations of others, and allow each their ſhare of the good things of this life.

You experienced yeſterday, that pain follows immoderate indulgence; it is always the caſe, though ſometimes not felt ſo immediately; but the conſtitution is inſenſibly deſtroyed, and old age will come on, loaded with infirmities. You alſo loſt a very pleaſant walk, and ſome fine fruit. We viſited Mrs. Goodwin's garden, and as Mary had before convinced me that ſhe could regulate her appetites, I gave her leave to pluck as much fruit as ſhe wiſhed; and ſhe did not abuſe my indulgence. On the contrary, ſhe ſpent moſt part of the Rh