"We all want a friend, do we not?" "All of us that have anything good in our natures." "Well, you have Caroline Helstone." "Yes. And you have Mr. Hall." "Yes. Mrs. Pryor is a wise, good woman. She can counsel you when you need counsel." "For your part, you have your brother Robert." "For any right-hand defections, there is the Rev. Matthewson[Pg 449] Helstone, M.A., to lean upon; for any left-hand fallings-off there is Hiram Yorke, Esq. Both elders pay you homage." "I never saw Mrs. Yorke so motherly to any young man as she is to you. I don't know how you have won her heart, but she is more
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this is such a funny back-and-forth as they both completely rear back at the idea of admitting they're fond of each other
