avoidscommittingoneself，orgivingoffencebysilence。Therewashungintheapartmentoneportrait，amongstothers，thatverymuchresembledtheDukeofD———。IaskedMissKnightwhomitrepresented。
Shesaidthatwasnotknown;ithadbeensupposedalikenessofthePretender，whenyoung。ThisanswersuitedmythoughtssocomicallyIcouldhavelaughed，ifoneeverdidatcourtsanythingbutthecontraryofwhatonewasinclinedtodo。
\"PrincessCharlottehasaverygreatvarietyofexpressioninhercountenance——aplayoffeatures，andaforceofmuscle，rarelyseeninconnectionwithsuchsoftandshadelesscoloring。Herhandsandarmsarebeautiful;butIthinkherfigureisalreadygone，andwillsoonbepreciselylikehermother’s：inshortitistheverypictureofher，andNOTINMINIATURE。IcouldnothelpanalyzingmyownsensationsduringthetimeIwaswithher，andthoughtmoreofthemthanIdidofher。WhywasIatallflattered，atallmoreamused，atallmoresuppletothisyoungprincess，thantoherwhoisonlythesamesortofpersonsetintheshadeofcircumstancesandofyears？Itisthatyouth，andtheapproachofpower，andthelatentviewsofself—interest，swaytheheartanddazzletheunderstanding。Ifthisissowithaheartnot，Itrust，corrupt，andaheadnotparticularlyformedforinterestedcalculations，whateffectmustnotthesamecausesproduceonthegeneralityofmankind？
\"Inthecourseoftheconversation，thePrincessCharlottecontrivedtoedgeinagooddealoftum—de—dy，andwould，ifIhadenteredintothething，havegoneonwithit，whilelookingatalittlepictureofherself，whichhadaboutthirtyorfortydifferentdressestoputoverit，doneonisinglass，andwhichallowedthegeneralcoloringofthepicturetobeseenthroughitstransparency。
Itwas，Ithought，aprettyenoughconceit，thoughratherlikedressingupadoll。’Ah！，’saidMissKnight，’Iamnotcontentthough，madame——forIyetshouldhavelikedonemoredress——thatofthefavoriteSultana。’