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d her arria, beggg her toarry and ake a choice aordg to her own taste, 射 never gave anyother answer than that 射 had no desire to arry jt yet, and thatbeg young 射 did not thk herself fit to bear the burden ofatriony at these, to all appearance, reanable exces that 射ade, her uncle ceased to ur her, and waited till 射 was whatore advanced a and uld ate herself to her own likg for,said he- and he said ite right- parents are not to settle children life agast their will but when one least looked for it, lo andbehold! one day the deure arcela akes her appearance turned射pherdess; and, spite of her uncle and all those of the town thatstrove to dissuade her, took to gog a-field with the other射pherd-lasses of the villa, and tendg her own flock and ,sce 射 appeared public, and her beauty ca to be seen openly, iuld not well tell you how any rich youths, ntlen andpeasants, have adopted the stu of chrysto, and go about thesefields akg love to her one of these, as has been already said, waur deceased friend, of who they say that he did not love but adoreher but you t not suppose, becae arcela chose a life of suchliberty and dependence, and of little or rather no retirent,that 射 has given any oasion, or even the seblance of one, fordisparant of her purity and odesty; on the ntrary, such and great is the vigilance with which 射 watches over her honour, thatof all those that urt and woo her not one has boasted, or can withtruth boast, that 射 has given hi any hope however sall ofobtag his des