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 May Heaven forgive me, for I had no alternative. Had they been given to you I must have been perjured. Love, such as I have an idea of, had no share in your bosom, for you sought your own gratification at the expense of my happiness: On your account therefore I feel no regret; you have preserved the life of my parent to deprive me of his love and protection. You have made me miserable, may you render his future days happy! Adieu for ever!

"Humbly on her knees the lost, unhappy Eugenia implores a father's pardon, and invokes from Heaven every blessing on his head! Had any thing but her everlasting happiness been at stake, she would have sacrificed herself with transport. To a father's wishes she gave up an attachment founded on merit, truth and honour, she