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Baronet prevented him by bidding him not aggravate his meanness, which was already but too apparent. He ordered him at the same time to be gone, and from all his for­mer domestics to chuse one such as he should think proper, which was all that should be granted to attend him.

As soon as he left us, Sir William very politely stept up to his new niece with a a smile, and wished her joy. His example was followed by Miss Wilmot and her fa­ther; my wife too kissed her daughter with much affection, as, to use her own expression, she was now made an honest woman of. So­phia and Moses followed in turn, and even our benefactor Jenkinson desired to be ad­mitted to that honour. Our satisfaction seemed scarce capable of increase. Sir Wil­liam, whose greatest pleasure was in doing good, now looked round with a counte­nance open as the sun, and saw nothing but joy in the looks of all except that ofmy