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OIL BLAS. 53
’Lore compteifance to his miftrefs. I Ihould have
r::en paflionately fond of Don Ambrofio, not-
: athftanding the difproportion of our years, had
: (been capable of loving any one after Don Al-
j iro; but a conftant heart can never change.
! he endeavours of my fecond hufband to pleafe
»e were rendered ineffedhial by the remem-
;ance of my firfl; fo that I could only requite
i is tendernefs with pure fentiments of gratitude,
ilwasin this difpofition, when, one day, ta-
ing the air at the window of my apartment, I
:rceived, in the garden, a kind of peafant, who
-rneftly looked at me : thinking he was the gar-
mer’s fervant, I took no notice of him; but
ixt day, being again at the window, I faw him
the lame place, and he feemed to view me
. ith uncommon attention. Struck with this
rcumftance, 1 locked at him in my turn, and
: )ter having fometime confidered him, thought
- recollected the features of the unfortunate Don
Ivaro! This apparition raifed an inconceivable
jjmult within me ! I fhrieked aloud ; but, luck-
L there was nobody prefent, except Inez, who
all my fervants enjoyed the greatelt fhare of
i y confidence. When I imparted to her the
i apicion that alarmed me, Ihe laughed at my ap-
I ^ehenlion, believing that my eyes were impofed
< pon by fome flight refemblance. “ Recol-
: ift yourfelf, Madam, (faid ihe) and don’t ima-
J ne you have feen your former hufband what
ixelihood is there, that he fliould be here hi the
tefs of a peafant? or, indeed, what probability is
ere of his being alive ? I will go down into the
J jarden, (added flie) and talk to this country-
tan, and when 1 have learned who he is, come
ick and let you know.” Inez accordingly
•ent into the garden, and foon after returned to
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