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66 ter near him; but he hated the young man, because his wife herself had cast an eye upon him: while the latter could not bear to have, in her stepdaughter, a rival constantly before her eyes. So Melina with his young wife, who already manifested no dislike to go and see the world, and be seen of it, was obliged, against his will, to set forth in a few days, and seek some place in any acting company where he could find one.