ABSTRACT
Lady Belfield had not viewed Charles with indifference; a female of her discernment does not live long with a handsome young man without discovering all his good qualities; and Charles had that honest simplicity, which rendered him unaffectedly ignorant of any single one he might possess. The mauvaise honte, 203 so much reprobated by the polite part of the human species, was never yet repugnant to the sensations of the sex. We do not presume to understand the philosophy of the female mind; but / possibly a woman cherishes every hope, when she discovers in a man a heart in it’s virgin state.
