Trip 220 of 4900 collection book65
At the same time he resolved within himself to keep such a strict eye over hisbook74 future actions as would frustrate any design he might hereafter harbour of repeating the prank he had so successfully played upon him in their journey from the banks of the Rhine. Determined therefore to make a conquest of her virtue before he would take possession of her person he mimicked that compassion and benevolence which his heart had never felt and when the coach arrived at London not only discharged what she owed for her place but likewise procured for her an apartment in the house to which he himself had been directed for lodgings and even hired a nurse to attend her during a severe fever which was the consequence of her disappointment and despondence.... read all
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