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He most heartily wished , he said , for my mind 's sake , that your mother would have afforded me her protection ; and delivered himself upon this subject with equal freedom and concern . There are , my dear Miss Howe , a multitude of punctilios and decorums , which a young creature must dispense with , who , in a situation like mine , makes a man the intimate attendant of her person . I could now , I think , give twenty reasons stronger than any I have heretofore mentioned , why women of the least delicacy should never think of incurring the danger and the disgrace of taking the step I have been drawn in to take , but with horror and aversion ; and why they should look upon the man who should tempt them to it , as the vilest and most selfish of seducers . ***** Before five o'clock -LRB- Tuesday morning -RRB- the maidservant came up to tell me that my brother was ready , and that breakfast also waited for me in the parlour . I went down with a heart as heavy as my eyes , and received great acknowledgements and compliments from him on being so soon dressed , and ready -LRB- as he interpreted it -RRB- to continue on our journey . He had the thought which I had not -LRB- for what had I to do with thinking , who had it not when I stood most in need of it ? -RRB- to purchase for me a velvet hood , and a short cloke , trimmed with silver , without saying any thing to me .