When theſe Thoughts had fully taken Poſſeſſion of Jones, they occaſioned a Perturbation in his Mind, which, in a Conſtitution leſs pure and firm than his, might have been, at ſuch a Seaſon, attended with very dangerous Conſequences. He was truly ſenſible of the great Worth of Sophia. He extremely liked her Perſon, no leſs admired her Accompliſhments, and tenderly loved her Goodneſs. In Reality, as he had never once entertained any Thought of poſſeſſing her, nor had ever given the leaſt voluntary Indulgence to his Inclinations, he had a much ſtronger Paſſion for her than he himſelf was acquainted with. His Heart now brought forth the full Secret, at the ſame Time that it aſſured him the adorable Object returned his Affection.
CHAP. III.
Which all, who have no Heart, will think to contain much ado about nothing.
The Reader will perhaps imagine, the Senſations which now aroſe in Jones to have been ſo ſweet and delicious, that they would rather tend to produce acheerful
