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Rh fixing your affections where approbation did not go before, and where reason and judgment withheld their sanction?"

"Yes, but my reason—"

"Pardon me—and do you remember assuring me that there was no occasion for uneasiness on your account; for you should never be tempted to marry a man who was deficient in sense or principle, however handsome or charming in other respects he might be, for you could not love him, you should hate—despise—pity—anything but love him—were not those your words?"

"Yes, but—"

"And did you not say that your affection must be founded on approbation; and that unless you could approve and honour and respect, you could not love?"

"Yes, but I do approve and honour, and respect—"

"How so, my dear? is Mr. Huntingdon a good man?"