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(6.) "Mr. Franklin Blake agrees to Miss Clack's proposal, on the

understanding that she will kindly consider this intimation of his

consent as closing the correspondence between them."

(7.) "Miss Clack feels it an act of Christian duty (before the

correspondence closes) to inform Mr. Franklin Blake that his last

letter--evidently intended to offend her--has not succeeded in

accomplishing the object of the writer. She affectionately requests Mr.

Blake to retire to the privacy of his own room, and to consider with

himself whether the training which can thus elevate a poor weak woman

above the reach of insult, be not worthy of greater admiration than he

is now disposed to feel for it. On being favoured with an intimation to

that effect, Miss C. solemnly pledges herself to send back the complete

series of her Extracts to Mr. Franklin Blake."

[To this letter no answer was received. Comment is needless.

(Signed) DRUSILLA CLACK.]