sweetness through the Air, and liquid grief fell gently from her Eyes,
triumphant sadness sat upon her Brow, and even sorrow seem'd delighted
with the Conquest he had made. See what a change Aurelian felt! His
Heart bled Tears, and trembled in his Breast; Sighs struggling for a vent
had choaked each others passage up: His Floods of Joys were all supprest;
cold doubts and fears had chill'd 'em with a sudden Frost, and he was
troubled to excess; yet knew not why. Well, the Learned say it was
Sympathy; and I am always of the Opinion with the Learned, if they speak
first.

After a World of Condoleance had passed between them, he prevailed with
her to tell him her Story. So having put all her Sighs into one great
Sigh, she discharged her self of 'em all at once, and formed the Relation
you are just about to Read.

'Having been in my Infancy Contracted to a Man I could never endure, and
now by my Parents being likely to be forced to Marry him, is in short,
the great occasion of my grief. I fansy'd (continued she) something so
Generous in your Countenance, and uncommon in your Behaviour, while you
were diverting your self, and rallying me with Expressions of Gallantry,
at the Ball, as induced me to hold Conference with you. I now freely
confess to you, out of design, That if things should happen as I then
feared, and as now they are come to pass, I might rely upon your
assistance in a matter of Concern; and in which I would sooner chuse to
depend upon a generous Stranger, than any Acquaintance I have. What
Mirth and Freedom I then put on, were, I can assure you, far distant from
my Heart; but I did violence to my self out of Complaisance to your
Temper.--I knew you at the Tilting, and wished you might come off as you
did; though I do not doubt, but you would have had as good Success had it
been opposite to my Inclinations.--Not to detain you by too tedious a