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As the month of May is considered, by poets and other philosophers, to / be devoted by Nature to the great purpose of love-making, I may as well / take advantage of that season and acquaint you with the result of MY / amours.
Young, gay, fascinating, and an ensign -- I had completely won the heart / of my Magdalen; and as for Miss Waters and her nasty uncle the / Doctor, there was a complete split between us, as you may fancy; Miss / pretending, forsooth, that she was glad I had broken off the match, / though she would have given her eyes, the little minx, to have had it on / again. But this was out of the question. My father, who had all sorts of / queer notions, said I had acted like a rascal in the business; my mother / took my part, in course, and declared I acted rightly, as I always / did: and I got leave of absence from the regiment in order to press / my beloved Magdalen to marry me out of hand -- knowing, from reading and / experience, the extraordinary mutability of human affairs.