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"Would not any man in his senses run diametrically from you, and / as far as his legs would carry him, rather than thus carelessly, / foolishly, and foolhardily expose himself afresh and afresh, where / his heart and his reason tell him he shall be sure to come off loser, / if not totally undone? " -- _Sterne._
Next day was Sunday. I met my relatives at church, and returned with / them to an early dinner at Grove End. Whilst at church I had not / particularly noticed Conny's manner, but as we walked to the house it / struck me that she appeared very downcast. On the other hand, Mrs. / Hargrave was in high spirits, undamped by a long and tedious sermon, / and unrestrained by any sense of the solemnity of the day. She carried / on quite a little flirtation with her husband, who submitted to her / playfulness very amiably, and, whilst I walked between her and her / daughter, entertained me with various reminiscenses of her young days, / and of Thomas's courtship.