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own fashion, poor man, writing bits of metre upon the windows and such like, and does harm to nobody.

There is a pair of candlesticks the very same with those we had in our bed-room at the last inn: look if they an't, the very fellows to them cousin, all but the little bead round the sockets. (To Miss M.)

My good child, you are always observing things that nobody else notices. (To Miss M.) Sir John Hazelwood is an old acquaintance of mine; I'll let him know that I am here presently.

The room is ready, ladies, and the fire very good.

We shall go to it then. Let me have a candle, pray; I shall have some letters to seal by and by.

Yes, ma'am; and mistress got some wax ones when the great lady was here, I'll bring you one of them.