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Chapter the fifth
At the end of 3 days Captain Roger and
Rebecca were united and immediately after
the Ceremony set off in the Stage Waggon for
the Captains seat in Buckinghamshire.
The parents of Elfrida, alltho' the yearnestly wished to see her married to Frederic before they died, yet knowing the delicate frame of her mind could ill bear the least excertion & rightly judging that naming her wedding day would be too great a one, forebore to preſs her on the subject.
Weeks & Fortnights flew away with:
:out
gaining the least ground; the Cloathes
grew out of fashion & at length Capt: Roger
& his Lady arrived, to pay a visit to their
Mother & introduce to her their beautifull
