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Enter, with a scarf or shawl on her shoulders, as if going out, meeting , who enters by the opposite side.

Sir John Crofton is below, madam.

And have you not told him that I am going out?

I did so, my dear lady; but what use is there in denying you to a gentleman who says he will return an hour hence, or an hour after that, or an hour after that again, should it be more convenient to you?

Does he request to be admitted so earnestly?

Yes, indeed; and his requests are like the sails of a windmill, always returning.