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 was. At the ame time he urged his uit with unremitting ardour; and the fair Greek, eeing no chance of returning to her own country, and feeling no dilike to her blooming weet-heart, whoe appearance now, as a well-dreed quire, was very different from her firt acquaintance, the hermit in ackcloth, was content to overlook the difference of rank, and conented to the union. He preented her with a cotly wedding uit, the happy day was fixed, the fatted calf and capons were killed, and the wedding cake kneaded.

The day before, our bridegroom, according to the cutom of the country, rode out to invite company to the marriage feat. In his abence the beautiful bride employed herelf in arranging the bridal dres: female vanity led her to try on the new gown, in order to ee whether it fitted her delicate hape. The pirit of finding fault, one of the endowments of the fair ex, oon led her to perceive omething