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Dodd proposing that the correspondence
between myself and her daughter should cease _for the present._
5.30. Retorted with an amendment that it should cease _for ever._ No
reply. Such are worldlings! Remonstrance only galls them. And so in one
afternoon's correspondence ends one more of my Christian friendships with
persons of my own sex. This is the eighth to which a carnal attachment
has been speedily fatal.
"In the evening Alfred came in looking very red, and asked me whether it
was not self-reliant and uncharitable of me to condemn so many estimable
persons, all better acquainted with the circumstances than I am. I
replied with the fifth commandment. He bit his lip and said, 'We had
better not meet again, until you have found out which is worthiest of
honour, your father or your brother.' And with this he left abruptly; and
something tells me I shall not see him again. My faithfulness has wounded
him to the quick. Alas! Prayed for him and cried myself to sleep."
_"April 4th._ Met _him_ disguised as a common workman, and carrying a
sack full of things.


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