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Rh time in gathering ſome for me, and her attention made it taſte ſweeter.

Coming home I called her my friend, and ſhe deſerved the name, for ſhe was no longer a child; a reaſonable affection had conquered an appetite; her underſtanding took the lead, and ſhe had practiſed a virtue.

The ſubject was now dropped; but, Caroline determined to copy in future her ſiſter's temperance and ſelf-denial. Rh