As I fervently wished for another interview, where I might pour out the effusion of my love without danger of being interrupted, and perhaps REEP some endearing return from the queen of my desires, I implored her advice and assistance in promoting this event: but she gave me to understand, that Narcissa would make no precipitate compliances of this kind, and I would do well to cultivate her brother's acquaintance, in the course of which I should not want opportunities of removing that reserve which my mistress thought herself obliged to maintain during the infancy of our correspondence.
"The Adventures of Roderick Random"
Tobias Smollett
