cruelty,
that they
were
essentially
hurt by
it. To
begin
perfect
happiness
at the
respective
ages of
twenty-six
and
eighteen
is to do
pretty
well; and
professing
myself
moreover
convinced
that the
general’s
unjust
interference,
so far
from being
really
injurious
to their
felicity,
was
perhaps
rather
conducive
to it, by
improving
their
knowledge
of each
other, and
adding
strength
to their
attachment,
I leave it
to be
settled,
by
