The young gentleman, being impowered to make honourable
proposals to my uncle and me, had been in search of us all over
England, without effect; and he it was whom I had seen pass on
horseback by the window of the inn, where I stood with my sister,
but he little dreamed that we were in the house -- As for the real
Mr Wilson, whom I called forth to combat, by mistake, he is the
neighbour and intimate friend of old Mr Dennison, and this
connexion had suggested to the son the idea of taking that name
while he remained in obscurity.
You may easily conceive what pleasure I must have felt on
discovering that the honour of our family was in no danger from
the conduct of a sister whom I love with uncommon affection;
that, instead of debasing her sentiments and views to a wretched
stroller, she had really captivated the heart of a gentleman, her
equal in rank and superior in fortune; and that, as his parents
approved of his attachment, I was on the eve of acquiring a
brother-in-law so worthy of my friendship and esteem. George
Dennison is, without all question, one of the most accomplished
young fellows in England. His person is at once elegant and
manly, and his understanding highly cultivated.
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