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but she put it off; and giving him the last kiss he ever was to receive from her, she it left him; and coming where the chariot stood ready, she and Mrs. Blague got into it, and were conveyed to the king's secret apartment, where they found him in his closet. He welcomed them, but it being late, Mrs Blague departed, and they went to bed. Mr. Shore sitting up late, and his wife not returning, was very much troubled; and went to his mother-in-law’s, but they had not seen her, nor was her mother ill, so that her absence troubled the whole family. The next day was spent in seeking for her amongst her relations and friends, but found her not. Mrs Blague protested she had not seen her, and dropped some dissembling tears, so that her husband was almost distracted, and at last concluded, that she was taken away by some courtier; and, in three days after, a lady informed them that she was with the king. This added more to their grief; they knew not what course to take; and they knew if they went to cross the king it would be their ruin. They made inquiry, indeed, if it was her voluntary act; and finding it was, and she quite unwilling to leave her new lover, they left all hope of recovering her, so