A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, &c. &c. THE FILLE DE CHAMBRE. W PARIS. HAT the old officer had delivered upon travelling, bringing Polonius's advice to his fon upon the fame fubject into my head-and that bringing in Hamlet; and Hamlet, the reft of Shakespeare's works; I stopped at the Quai de Conti, in my return home, to purchase the whole set. the THE bookfeller faid, he had not a set in the world-Comment! faid I, taking one up out of a fet which lay upon counter betwixt us. He faid, they were fent him only to be got bound, and were to be fent back to Verfailles in the morning to the Count de B***. -AND does the Count de B***, faid I, read Shakespeare? C'eft un Esprit fort, replied the bookfeller. He loves English books; and what is more to his honour, Monfieur, he loves the English You fpeak this fo civilly, faid I, that 'tis enough to oblige an Englishman to lay out a louis d'or or two at your shop too. The bookfeller made a bow, and was going to fay fomething, when a young decent girl af about twenty, who by her air air and dress seemed to be fille de chambre to fome devout woman of fashion, came into the fhop, and afked for Les Egarements du Cœur & de l'Esprit: the bookfeller gave her the book directly: fhe pulled out a little green fattin purfe run round with a ribband of the fame colour, and putting her finger and thumb into it, fhe took out the money, and paid. for it. As I had nothing more to itay me in the fhop, we both walked out at the door together. AND what have you to do, my dear, faid I, with. The Wanderings of the " Heart, who fcarce know yet you have one? nor, till love has first told you it, or fome faithless fhepherd has made it ache, can'ft thou ever be fure it is fo.Le Dieu m'en garde! faid the girl.With reafon, faid I,-for if it is a good. one, 'tis pity it fhould be ftolen: 'tis a little treafure to thee, and gives a better |