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 1316. I said to her, I called thee to mind when away : and she that was about to clasp me to her arms went off in a pet saying, Thou hadst forgotten me then !

1317. I sneezed and she blessed : but then she recalled her blessing and asked with tear-filled eyes, Who thought on thee now, that thou sneezedest ?

1318. I repressed my sneeze: and then aiso she wept saying, Thou wantest to conceal from me that some of thy friends are thinking on thee !

1319. Even if I exhaust all my arts to soothe her, she will only frown harder saying, Thou hast practised well at others' bouderies!

1320. Even if I look in rapture on her own charms, she will chide saying, To whose limbs now art thou comparing mine ?

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