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bust with the light cast down upon it? You will find that it has, so viewed, a beautiful effect. (Takes a candle from the table, and goes behind a large screen at the bottom of the room, followed by, when, from the door left ajar by , enters .)

So, so, so! The philosopher sent off, and my sister sent off, and the screen to befriend them besides. (Hearing them speak indistinctly behind the screen.) Speaking low, too. Cautious enough, I find. Something bad in so much caution. (Drawing softly near the screen.) Such beauty and expression!

Ay, ay, ay! The devil himself hath no need of the forbidden fruit, if he will talk to a woman of her beauty.—(They speak again indistinctly.) What are they saying now? It sounded like husband. O virtuous lady! she recollects that she has a husband.—Some little impediment to be sure.

And that look of modesty, too, forbidding all—(the rest of the sentence spoken indistinctly).

Her modesty indeed! that wont stand in the way.—They speak low again: they are