There is but one thing on earth I prize more than your friendship.

Let me cherish that for the sacred memory of _auld lang syne_." "Farewell, then, Gabriella, best and only beloved! May the hand wither that ever falls too heavily on that trusting heart, should we never meet again!" He drew me suddenly closely to him, kissed me passionately, and was gone.
"Had you confided in me fully," said Mrs.Linwood, in speaking to me afterwards of Richard, "I should never have advised a correspondence which must have strengthened his attachment.

Having the highest opinion of his principles and disposition, and believing you regarded him with modest affection, I urged this intercourse as a binding link between you.

You must have perceived my wishes on this subject." "If I have erred, it was from mistaken delicacy.

I thought I had no right to betray an unreturned affection.