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Charlotte, whose character was a willing:
:ness to oblige every one, when she returned into the Country, brought her Freind the wished-for Bonnet, & so ended this little adventure, much to the satisfaction of all parties.

On her return to Crankhumdunberry (of which sweet village her father was Rector) Charlotte was received with the greatest Joy by Frederic & Elfrida, who, after preſsing her alternately to their Bosoms, proposed to her to take a walk in a Grove of Poplars which led from the Par:
:sonage to a verdant Lawn enamelled by with a variety of variegated flowers & watered by a purling Stream, brought from the Valley of Tempé by a paſsage under ground.