bring down on my home ; thus create for your devoted pa- rents ; thus prove your , wordnetdesire, obedience, by wrench- kig every tie asunder. Oh, , ! If this be the fruit of such tender , such careful training, oh, where shall we seek for honor and integrity ^in what find virtue r And why not consummate your sin ? why pause ere your noble and vi'rtuous resolution was put in force ? why hesitate in the ac- complishment of your designs ? Why not fly with your honor- able lover, and- thus wring the fond nearts of your parents at once to the utmost ? Why retract now, when it will be only to "delude again ? Miserable and deluded girl, what new wnim has caused this sudden change? Wherefore wait till it be too late to repent ^to persuade us that you are an unwilling abet- tor and assistant in this man's schemes ? Go, fly w'^th him ; it were better to reconcile your too indulgent mother to an eternal separation, than that she should take you once more to her , and be again deceived. Go, your secret is safe. How dare you speak of inflicting on your parents ? Must not hypocrisy lurk in every word, when wilfully, recklessly^ you have already abused