huic hic blandus (siquidem ea aetas infantulae, ut adhuc decenter) nunc quaedam frivola, nunc ludo apta virgineo scruta donabat; quibus isti parum grandibus causis plurimum virgunculae animus copulabatur.
He used to pet the child (her tender years still allowed this to be done without impropriety), and he would give her from time to time some trifles or some frippery suitable for a girls amusement: and for these slender reasons her girlish heart became strongly attached to him.
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