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 [Untying the roll, which  has handed him. Is he More fool than we, this chaplain splénetic? With ribbons pink he ties his thunderbolts!

Elespuru [laughing.]This sermon by a merry imp was preached! Trick [laughing.]What say you to't? Elespuru [reading.] "Quatrain to my divinity: "O fair Egeria, you set my heart aflame—" Giraff [snatching the parchment, and reading. "Your eyes wherein Dan Cupid lights a conquering fire" Gramadoch [taking possession of it in his turn. "Are glowing mirrors which do concentrate the flame "Whose rays consume my very soul."
 * [They all laugh more heartily than ever.

Elespuru.You say these lines from Puritan pocket fell? Giraff.The rake! Gramadoch [as if suddenly struck with an idea. I have it! Yes, 'tis past a doubt!— Brothers, you all do know Dame Guggligoy, The Lady Frances's duenna? Trick. Ay; What then? Gramadoch.I saw the chaplain speak to her In secret, and a purse bestow on her. Trick.And what said the old dame? Gramadoch. She said: "To-night, My pretty stripling, you shall be with her,