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 pliment that had escaped him, immediately gave Louisa the credit of it.

"Yes," said she, mentally, "I see the attraction, and now there exists, on either side, no obstacles to impede their union.—Well, then, I will teach my heart to rejoice in their happiness, and henceforth draw only on my dear father for my future tranquillity." Impressed with this idea, she turned her eyes tenderly towards her father, and saw an expression of joy in his, that greatly surprised her, but which she immediately attributed to the pleasure of seeing his friend.

In the evening, the company walked into the gardens, and strolling through the shrubbery, they accidentally fell into small parties.—Louisa designedly led her friend from the company, and seemed to be in very uncommon spirits; Miss d'Allenberg thought it was not quite so decorous; but she allowed for the human heart; and a conquest, such as Ferdinand, justified the little breach of delicacy towards a friend.