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When amicable relations between two er of an ensuing quarrel if the friendly intercourse has

been of artificial growth, on either side In this case, the pros

of self-interest, and the laws of politeness, have been ani under conditions which assist the effort

of self-control And for this reason: the ard is unprovided with those sharpest

weapons of provocation, which make unendurable demands on human

fortitude In a true attachment, on the other hand, there is an

innocent faetful of ceremony, and blind

to consequences The affectionate freedom which can speak kindly

without effort is sensitive to offence, and can speak harshly without

restraint When the friend ounds us has once been associated with

the sacred memories of the heart, he strikes at a tender place, and no

considerations of propriety are powerful enough to stifle our cry of

rage and pain The enemies who have once loved each other are the

bitterest enee of question and anshich had taken place

in the cottage at Passy, between two gentlerettable result Lord Harry had been too

readily angry: he remembered as due to Mr Mountjoy Mr Mountjoy