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Enter, walking backward and forward in a perturbed manner, and presently enter , who stands observing him curiously before he speaks.

Good morning, kinsman; nothing, I hope, has happened to disturb you: I have marked you at a distance, striding along with a quick unusual pace: pardon the solicitude of friendship, if I am anxious to know what discomposes you so much.

Let it pass, let it pass! I know my place and my pretensions as well as any man; she shall neither break my heart nor discompose me long.

It is a woman, then, who is the cause of your agitation. What kind of woman can she be who is unfavourable to the suit of Baron Hartman?