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This intimacy between the young persons rapidly ripened into love. Dr. Vaudelier's inquiries into the character and circumstances of the young gentleman were not satisfactory, and he refused to sanction the union. Perhaps he was influenced more in this decision by the dread of parting with his daughter than by any other motive.
Vaudelier's dwelling was disturbed by the arrival of a young French gentleman, bearing letters of introduction to the misanthropic physician. This gentleman was delighted with the daughter of his host, and she experienced a before unknown pleasure in his society. The doctor was, to some extent, obliged to abandon the "pleasures of melancholy," and accompany the young couple into the world.
Steamers and flat-boats continually passed his little domain; yet the traveller knew not that it was occupied by human beings. Dr. Vaudelier's pursuits were of the most simple nature. He read and wrote nearly the whole day, and in the evening, often at the dead of night, he would unmoor his yacht, and stem the tide of the mighty river. His chief happiness was in communion with nature.
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