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 "Why not?"

"And when, dear Sir, do you intend to do me that inestimable favor?"

"The ensuing night if you will consent to it, for without your leave I can do nothing."

"O, that you have! that you have! You may do whatever you please; I will consent to any thing if I can get rid of that infernal disturber of my nocturnal rest."

"I left the credulous man with sensations which sprung from pity rather than exultation, at my easy gotten victory;. I instantly made every preparation for executing my roguish plan, being assisted by the secretary, and having won over to my purpose the servants of the house, every thing succeeded to admiration."