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favourable eye, but a sense of duty had catisedher to smother the growing fondness, till thelate sad misfortune of her family, and the cir-cumstances attending her escape, had revivedall her latent affections, to bestow them whollyupon a man to whom they were so justly due.How happy were they in this solitary retreat!tyrannic power now no longer reached them :shut out from the world and all its cares andperplexities;—secure from all the eventfulchanges attending upon greatness, cruelty, andambition;—themselves were the only powersthey served, and they were infinitely delightedwith this simple form of government. But al-though this asylum was their great security intheir happiest moments, they could not alwaysenjoy each other’s company; it was equallynecessary to their safety that he should be oftenabsent from her, and frequently for a lengthof time together, lest his conduct should bewatched. The young chief therefore pantedfor an opportunity to convey her to happierscenes, where his ardent imagination picturedto him the means of procuring for her everyenjoyment and comfort, which her amiablequalifications so well entitled her to : nor wasit a great while before, an opportunity offering,he devised the means of restoring her withsafety to the cheerful light of day. He signi-