"Lady T. I never saw any.
"Young P. No—they did not please me, and so I tore them.
"Lady T. Then it seems you wrote them only to divert yourself.
"Young P. Am I doomed for ever to suspense?
"Lady T. I don't know—if I was convinced—
"Young P. Then let me on my knees—
"Lady T. Nay, nay, I will have no raptures either. This much I can tell you, that if I am to be seduced to do wrong, I am not to be taken by storm, but by deliberate capitulation, and that only where my reason or my heart is convinced.
"Young P. Then, to say it at once—the world gives itself liberties—
"Lady T. Nay, I am sure without cause; for I am as yet unconscious of any ill, though I know not what I may be forced to.
"Young P. The fact is, my dear Lady Teazle, that your extreme innocence is the very cause of your danger; it is the integrity of your heart that makes you run into a thousand imprudences which a full consciousness of error would make you guard against. Now, in that case, you can't conceive how much more circumspect you would be.