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Rh on your side of the question, when I know what it is."

"I am maintaining that it is a mistake ever to regret the past."

"Ah, Madame! a week hence and I shall not be able to agree with you. Nay, the mere foreknowledge that you will soon only have me in your remembrance convinces me that regret is man's natural destiny."

"I will take the compliment for the present, and wave it for the future. I am universal in my views, and see no reason why I should be regretted more than any thing else. What is the use of regretting the inevitable?—and if not inevitable, it is better to remedy than to regret."

"But not so easy," remarked De Joinville.

"We should never spare our trouble," returned she; "the trouble our wishes or pleasures give us is the secret of their enjoyment. Ask the Duke, if the possession of any hearts ever equalled the pursuit."

"Ah," said Buckingham, "that is because no heart is worth the trouble which it took to win."

"There I agree with you; but the trouble was worth itself.”

"I must protest," exclaimed De Joinville,