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given him the key: he may now keep concealed, or come out as he pleases.

What wert thou doing in the conservatory? Hast thou left any odd matters there?—But I have changed my mind again, and sha'n't set off till the evening; so you need not be in a hurry.

I never am, Ma'am; for the more I hurry myself to obey your directions, the surer it always proves to be of no use.

Thou art rather sharp, methinks: something has ruffled thee. What strange awkward rantipole was that I saw thee speaking to a few minutes since in the lane?

She did not tell me her name, Ma'am; and I had too little curiosity to ask it. I never speaks when there is no reason for it.

A good rule, Flounce, which thou observest, with some exceptions. (Looking off the Stage.) But look yonder,—a man coming in a strange