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 She drew on her gloves, without seeming to hear him.

"There!" said he, "now the demoiselle don’t understand English again! Faith, I begin to be entertained with her. I did not like it at first.”

"What say you to your dulcinea now, Harleigh?’ whispered Elinor; "you will not, at least, yelep her the Fair Maid of the Coast.”

"She has very fine eyes, however!" answered he, laughing.

The wind just then blowing back the prominent borders of a French nightcap, which had almost concealed all her features, displayed a large black patch, that covered half her left cheek, and a broad black ribbon, which bound a bandage of cloth over the right side of her forehead.

Before Elinor could utter her rallying congratulations to Harleigh, upon this sight, she was stopt by a loud shout from Mr. Riley; "Why I am afraid the demoiselle has been in the wars!" cried