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 suddenly viewing Cynthia before him threw him into, almost made him forget the respect he had always paid her; and it was as much as he could do to forbear flying and catching her in his arms. Camilla, although she could no ways blame Cynthia for her behaviour, and really loved her with a sincere affection, yet such is human frailty, that the first sight of her struck her with the idea of David's having liked her; and this thought, in spite of herself, was a great damp to the pleasure of meeting with her friend. But Cynthia's thoughts were so much employed, she did not perceive it: she ran and embraced, and expressed the utmost joy to see her. This she really felt without that alloy which the least mixture of rivalship or jealousy gives to friendship in either sex. While they were together, she addressed most of her conversation to Camilla, but her eyes spontaneously rolled towards Valentine; for though she often endeavoured to remove them, they instantly returned to the object which principally attracted them. That evening, and all the ensuing day, they spent in informing each other of every accident which had befallen them since their separation; and on the day following, Cynthia proposed at breakfast the taking a coach, and riding through all the parts of this great metropolis, to view the various countenances of the different sorts of people who inhabit it. David said nothing could be more agreeable to him, if Camilla approved of it; for, as he had travelled through it in a more attentive manner than what was proposed at present, he should be the better judge of people's thoughts by their manners and faces, Valentine had no objection to anything proposed by Cynthia; on which they called a coach, and this agreeahisagreeable [sic] party (and such another I believe is not easily to be found) got into it. They had no occasion to make the coach heavy