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THE SKJUTS-BOY. 171
became clouded, and, instead of rising, ber thoughts fell lower,
until she said,
"0 Lord! Dear husband, I hope hot #Y[r. de Goesse !"
"Yes, cer#ainly; just that one bas ruade, although in a very
ridiculous, yet vcry plain maTmer, an honourable proposal of
marriage fo our Amelia. I shall read the letter fo you, and
from this day hence will never mention our journey fo the bath,
for it bas been of great advantage fo us. You will probably
remember, dear Sophia, that itis hot a very easy matter for a
girl fo obtain a husband, and that ff my proposition had hot
been carried into effecL Amelia would certainly never bave
had a husband in ber whole lffe."
Madame de Dressen was too prudent a woman fo disclose ber
sentiments on this subject immediately, and fo present ber objec-
tions all ai once. With due presence of mind, she therefore
replied,
"That is true, my dear! But what does the chamberlain
say #"
"You shall hear if immediately." With these words, the
lieutenant-colonel took the letter from his pocket, lit his pipe,
and sat down in the arm-chair, and began his important epistle,
in a low and mysterious voice :
## I::#IGH AND WELL-BORN–PARTICULARLY HIGHLY TO BE
ttONOURED# ##/]:R. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND CHA#IBERLAIN :–
A£ter the unfortunate event which drove me away, like an exile,
from thc place which v#as so dear to me, where thc object of my
sweet thoughts beckoned fo me, there I was, or I round, I should
say, neither rest nor quiet in my wanderings; and, like a
pilgrim, did I steer over the desertwas a broken wreck did I
shoot through gloomy waves, and through the foaming surges of
the world.
"The kindness, the exceeding benevolence with which his ttigh
and Well-bom the Lieutenant-colonel and Chamberlain, together
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