Cruel Disappointment in Charlotte Temple’s Elopement
In a dramatic eighteenth century scene, Charlotte Temple contemplates elopement with Montraville is thwarted by a letter from her mother. Though warned by Madamoiselle Du Pont, she flees with Montraville, is pursued, and the family discovers the betrayal. The chapter shifts to maternal sorrow as Mr Eldridge carries the burden of Charlotte’s disappearance and the Temple parents grapple with possible forgiveness.
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Ohara XI
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Madame du Pont
Madame
Charlotta
Carlotte
la Rue
Adamoiselle
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Madamoiselle
Montra- Me
Montraville
Montreuille
Montragille
Mr. Hidridge
Lucy
Madame DuPont
Miss Temple
Madame du Jont
Madamoisella
Charcotts Temple
Midanie du Pont
Alvide
LaRue
Mr. Oldridge
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Mrs. Temple
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Mr. Hilridge
Mr. Temple
Mr. Eldridge
Mre. Tample
Nature
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America
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Charlott
Spithead
Albion
the Moother
Lenath
Pate
Waelancholy
Waa
Mia
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Fragmentary moral musings on love and prudence
The text presents a distressed speaker confessing to indulgence and neglect of duty. He vows to hide misery behind a smile while caring for beloved objects, yet fears ruin from imprudence and a grave resolution toward fortune and fate. The passage reads as a fragment of a larger emotional reflection.
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