Trip 16 of 5400 collection book38
Hebook33 no sooner recollected himself from the shock which must have been occasioned by this sinister incident than he despatched a letter to his brotherin law the counsellor requesting an immediate conference in which he promised to make such a proposal as would save him all the expense of a lawsuit and trial and at the same time effectually answer all the purposes of both. I have abused the confidence and generosity of my patron I have defrauded his family under the mask of sincerity and attachment I have taken the most cruel and base advantages of virtue in distress I have seduced unsuspecting innocence to ruin and despair I have violated the most sacred trust reposed in me by my friend and benefactor I have betrayed his love torn his noble heart asunder by means of the most perfidious slander and false insinuations and finally brought to an untimely grave the fairest pattern of human beauty and perfection.... read all
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