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clofed together, into mine-it was impoffible not to comprefs them in that fituation-I wifhed to let them go: and all the time I held them, I kept arguing within myself against it-and ftill I held them on. -In two minutes I found I had all the battles to fight over again and I felt my legs and every limb about me tremble at the idea.

THE foot of the bed was within a yard and a half of the place where we were ftanding. I had ftill hold of her hands -and how it happened I can give no account, but I neither asked her—nor drew her-nor did I think of the bed-but fo it did happen, we both fat down.

I'LL juft fhew you, faid the fair fille de chambre, the little purfe I have been making to-day to hold your crown. So the put her hand into her right pocket, which was next me, and felt for it for fome time -then

then into the left

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"loft it."I never bore expectation

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more quietly-it was in her right poc-she pulled it out; it was of green taffeta, lined with a little bit of white quilted fattin, and just big enough to hold the crown- -The put it into my hand-it was pretty; and I held it ten minates with the back of my hand resting upon her lap-looking fometimes at the purfe, fometimes on one fide of it."

A STITCH or two had broke out in the gathers of my ftock the fair fille de chambre, without faying a word, took out her little huffive, threaded a small needle, and fewed it up-I forefaw it would hazard the glory of the day; and as fhe paffed her hand in filence across and acrofs my neck in the manœuvre, I felt the laurels fhake which fancy had wreathed about my head.

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A STRAP had given way in her walk, and the buckle of her shoe was just falling off See, faid the fille de chambre, holding up her foot-I could not for my foul but faften the buckle in return, and putting in the strap- -and lifting up the other foot with it, when I had done, to fee both were right-in doing it. too fuddenly-it unavoidably threw the fair fille de chambre off her centre

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cold heads and luke-warm hearts can argue down or mask your paffions, tell me, what trefpafs is it that man fhould have them? or how his spirits ftands anfwerable to the Father of fpirits but for his conduct under them?

IF nature has fo woven her web of kindness, that some threads of love and defire are entangled with the piece-must the whole web be rent in drawing them out?-Whip me fuch ftoics, great Governor of nature! faid I to myselfWherever thy Providence fhall place me for the trials of my virtue-whatever is my fituation-let me feel the movements which rife out of it, and which belongs

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to me as a man—and, if I govern them as a good one, I will truft the iffues to thy juftice; for thou haft made us, and not we ourselves.

As I finished my addrefs, I raised the fair fille de chambre up by the hand, and led her out of the room-fhe stood by me till I locked the door and put the key in my pocket-and then-the victory being quite decifive-and not till then, I preffed my lips to her cheek, and, taking her by the hand again, led her fafe to the gate of the hotel.

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