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 listened so eagerly to our discourses, that here and there a pipe dropt on the ground. Every recollection of the events of the preceding night seemed to be obliterated, and the listening circle, that stood around us, encreased with every minute. The Count sang and played on the guittar; and I relieved him at intervals by the relation of wonderful incidents, and of ludicrous anecdotes. The dance ceased, and the girls too assembled around us; however, we took little notice of them.

Annette and Lucy were struck with astonishment at our behaviour with regard to themselves. They were dressed in their best apparel, and their disappointment was legibly written on their countenance. Annette affected to be entirely indifferent to the Count's inattention to her person, and strove to be extravagantly merry: Lucy, on the contrary, scarcely could retain her tears; and the more her sister exerted herself to make the company burst with laughter, the more frequently did she