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Rh befall us. According to the usual course of human affairs, we shall pay dearly for our amusement." "I wish we had staid at the villa. What will Lord Mandeville say?" "Wonder what induced us to leave England." "Oh, if we were but in England now!" "All our misfortunes originate in my acting against my principles. What business had I with simple and innocent pleasures—your dinings on the grass—your picturesque situations—your fresh water from the fountain? Mandeville may just blame himself: he was always talking of rural enjoyment, till I thought there must be something in it." "But what shall we do?" "The best we can. Try this lemon perfume." Lady Mandeville was more alarmed than she would allow: still, the excitement of the adventure kept up her spirits. Moreover, she had been so accustomed to have every event happen according to her own will, that the possibility of the reverse was one of those misfortunes which we expect to happen to every one but ourselves.

The evening closed in. At last the rusty