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 Door fat; nor could he for ome Time obtain any Anwer from within; for Molly as he herelf afterwards informed him, was fat aleep.

The Extremes of Grief and Joy have been remarked to produce very imilar Effects; and when either of thee ruhes on us by Surprize, it is apt to create uch a total Perturbation and confuion, that we are often thereby deprived of the Ue of all our Faculties. It cannot therefore be wondered at, that the unexpected Sight of Mr. Jones hould o trongly operate on the Mind of Molly, and hould overwhelm her with uch Confuion, that for ome Minutes he was unable to expres the great Raptures, with which the Reader will uppoe he was affected on this Occaion. As for Jones, he was o entirely poeed, and as it were enchanted by the Preence of his beloved Object, that he for a while forgot Sophia, and conequently the principal Purpoe of his Viit.

This, however, oon recurred to his Memory; and after the firt Tranports of their Meeting were over, he found Means by Degrees to introduce a Dicoure on the fatal Conequences which mut attend their