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and that he had provided a match for him, to which he could in justice have no objections. My father, finding it would be impossible to conceal his situation much owned what he had done; and excused himself for not having as    ked the consent of his father, by saying, he knew it would have. been to no Purpose; and that, had his inclination been known, my grandfather might have taken such measures as would have effectually put the

 

gratification of it out of his power: he added, that no exceptions could be taken to his wife’s virtue, birth, beauty, and good sense, and as for fortune, it was beneath his care. The old gentleman, who kept all his passions, except       one, in excellent order, heard him to an end with great temper, and then calmly asked, how he proposed to maintain himself and spouse? He replied, he could be in no danger of wanting while his father’s tenderness