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 "Then indeed would two beings meet," said Ellis, " who would render that state all that can be perfect upon earth; for with active benevolence like his, with purity and sweetness like her's, what could be wanting?—And then, indeed, I might find an asylum!"

A servant came, now, to inform Selina that the carriage was at the door, and that Mrs. Maple was in haste.

What a change did this day produce for Ellis! What a blight to her hopes, what difficulties for her conduct, what agitation for her spirits!