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24 No. [haking her head.]

Are not you a little embarraed?

No.

Don’t you wih ometimes to peak to him, and have not the courage to begin?

No.

Do not you wih to take his part when his companions laugh at him?

No—I love to laugh at him myelf.

Provoking! Aide.] Are not you afraid of him when he comes near you?

No, not at all.—Oh yes—once. [recollecting herelf.]

Ah! Now it comes!

Once at a ball he trod on my foot; and I was o afraid he hould tread on me again.

You put me out of patience. Hear, Amelia! [tops hort, and peaks ofter. To ee you happy is my wih. But matrimony, without concord, is like a duetto badly performed; for that reaon, nature, the great compoer of all harmony, has ordained, that, when bodies are allied, hearts