Excerpt from The Pocket Magazine, 1827, Vol. 2: Robin's Series At length he told the old lady that he could no longer resist so many attractions, and that his life de pended ou her returning his love. The widow blushed, and the marquis went on to tell her that he should not have hesitated so long in making his proposals, but that, being of an extremely jealous disposition, and as madame had a marriageable daughter, he should be always alarmed lest those who came to pay their atten tions to her might be smitten with the superior attrae tions other mamma. Therefore, madame, ' he added, I must beg that on will marry her without delay and after that we shall live in a state of perfect bliss.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.