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 Mr. Allworthy, whom the leat Mention of thee acred Words was ufficient to tagger, heitated a Moment before he replied, and then told her he had done wrong to enter into uch Engagements to a Villain; but ince he had, he could not init on her breaking them. He aid, it was not from a Motive of vain Curioity he had enquired, but in order to punih the Fellow; at leat, that he might not ignorantly confer Favours on the Undeerving.

As to thee Points, Jenny atisfied him by the mot olemn Aurances, that the Man was entirely out of his Reach, and was neither ubject to his Power, nor in any probability of becoming an Object of his Goodnes.

The Ingenuity of this Behaviour, had gained Jenny o much Credit with this worthy Man, that he eaily believed what he told him: For as he had didained to excue herelf by a Lie, and had hazarded his farther Dipleaure in her preent Situation, rather than he would forfeit her Honour or Integrity, by betraying another, he had but little Apprehenion that he would be guilty of Falhood towards himelf.

He therefore dimiher her with Aurances, that he would very oon remove her