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Wednesday, May 24 [He gives his friend an account of their interview that morning; and of the happy effects of his cousin Montague's letter in his favour. Her reserves, however, he tells him, are not absolutely banished. But this he imputes to form.]
It is not in the power of woman, says he, to be altogether sincere on these occasions. But why? -- Do they think it so great a disgrace to be found out to be really what they are?