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THE GUARDIAN.

N° 47.

N° 47. Tueſday, May 5, 1713. By STEELE.

“ MADEMOISELLE Daubigné was conducted from madam Villete's to a relation who had a

law -ſuit then depending at Paris ; and being for that reaſonobliged to go thitherſhe carried ma demoiſelle Daubigné with her. . This lady hired apartments in the ſame houſe where the famous

Scaron was lodged. She made an acquaintance with him ; and one day, being obliged to go abroad alone úpon a viſit, ſhe deſired he would give her couſin leave, in the mean time, to come

and fit with him ; knowing very well that a young lady was in no danger from ſuch a per fon, and that perhaps it might turn to her ad vantage. Monſieur Scaron was, of all men liv

ing, the moſt unhappy in an untoward frame of body, being not only deformed, but likewiſe very infirm. In confideration of his wit and parts

he had a yearly penſion from the court of five hundred crowns. Scaron was charmed with the

converſation of mademoiſelle Daubigné ; and her kinſwoman took frequent opportunities of leav ing her with him. This gave Scaron occaſion to diſcover ſtill new beauties in her from time to

time. She would ſometimes entertain himn with

the ſtory of her adventures and her misfortunes, beginning even with what the fuffered before ſhe was born ; all which ſhe knew how to de

fcribe in ſo expreſſive and moving a manner, that

he found himſelf touched with a ſtrong compaf