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DUTY AND INCLINATION.
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convey? What the interpretation she was to give it? Might he be the one destined by Providence to become her future husband? Inclination might prompt the idea, but the suggestions of her reason opposed it; her heart throbbed with emotions never before experienced; a tender, delicate, and timid fear overwhelmed her; entirely subdued, she sank upon her pillow and wept!