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" quite alarmed yesterday while dining with Mr. Morland, to find him, Miss Arundel, so great an admirer of yours. I entreat," said Lorraine, "that you will not destroy my beau idéal of sixty and singlehood." "Vain fears!" replied Emily, laughing. "A lover may give up his mistress, but not a philosopher his system. It would be bad taste in him to marry again; and such an argument would with him be decisive. Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test. I remember Mr. Delawarr was telling a story of a most shocking murder that a man had committed—beating his wife's brains out