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188 representation of a young Greek girl, parted from the home of her childhood and her affections. With all the beauty, but none of the brilliancy of youth—the perfect outline of face—the marble-pale cheek, on which rested the long dark eyelash, curled and glistening with unshed tears—the rich relief of the crimson turban, which made the face look even more colourless—the white slender throat—the finely curved mouth, whose deep red seemed that of fever, and wearing the subdued and drooping attitude—nothing could more accurately depict the "delicate Ionian " pining for her own free and mountain village. The curtain fell, and in a few moments the fair pictures stepped into life. The Countess, to whom activity was enjoyment, and who imagined if people were quiet they must be dull, proposed proverbs. The one they selected for illustration was "chemins divers—même bút"—"divers roads, and the same end." The Countess and Emily were two sisters, each of whom affect an attachment to the cavalier she cares not for, to pique the one they prefers. Mdme.