that
though she
received
his
attentions
with
pleasure,
she did
not invite
them by
any
participation
of
sentiment.
If you
have not
been
mistaken
here, I
must have
been in
error.
Your
superior
knowledge
of your
sister
must make
the latter
probable.
If it be
so, if I
have been
misled by
such error
to inflict
pain on
her, your
resentment
has not
been
unreasonable.
But I
shall not
scruple to
assert,
that the
serenity
of your
sister’s
