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 S******i, in return, slighted neither their dishes, nor their offers, nor their society; he ate and drank with every one what was offered to him; danced as well with the ugly as with the handsome villagers without discrimination; spoke and laughed with every one at whatever they chose; and frequently played a ballad on the guittar, or related his travels. Such a silence did then prevail around us, that one could have heard the falling of a feather. the company sat gaping on the benches, and hardly dared to fetch breath before the tale was concluded; the consequence of which was, that these poor people parted with us with weeping eyes, or ran a quarter of a mile after us, on our departure.

At Blois we happened to meet the Duke of B******, and gave occasion to that proud Briton, who thought to carry every thing by the weight of his purse, to make a very mortifying experience. Having arrived early in the morning, we deter-