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GIL BIAS. 1*1
H tom I introduced to the houfe without ever be-
* j difcovered by her hufband : Look upon me,
i :refore, Madam, with a more favourable eye,
i! d be perfuaded, that whatever talent the old
iire might have for your fervice, you will lofe
ii thing by the change, and perhaps find me ftill
tire ufeful than he was.”
\ I leave you to judge, Diego, (continued Mer-
i if Hina) how much 1 thought myfelf obliged t©
; p duenna, for this frank declaration: for I look-
iJ 5 upon her as a perfon of the moft auftere vir-
i t; fo apt are people to be deceived in women,
i sr fincerity gained my heart in a moment. I
- i ibraced her in a tranfport of joy, that convin-
d her how much I was charmed with my lot,
.•'* j | having her for a governante ; and afterwards
•jiliely imparted my fentiments to her, and beg-
■ - f id that fire would, without lofs of time, contrive
& private meeting with you, which fhe has not
1 ^iled to procure. This very morning fire fet at
ark that old woman who fpoke to you, and who
i ian agent whom Ihe often employed for the a-
•ijijthecary’s wife. But the moll pleafant part of
-s as adventure (added fire laughing) is, that Me-
;4ffbcia, underftanding from me that my hulband
|mmonly fleeps found, has gone to bed to him,
?, id this very minute fupphes my place. “ So
4 fuch the worfe, Madam, (faid I to Merge Hina)
? cannot approve this invention: your hutband
ay wake and perceive the cheat.”—“ He can-
. at perceive it (anfwered Hie, with fome precipi-
tion); do not be uneafy on that fcore; nor let
• <1 jgroundlefs panic poifon the delight you ought
i f | enjoy with a young lady who has a regard for
f3U.”
} The old dodor’s wife obferving that I was ftill
< ifmayed, notwithftanding her afllmmce, did eve-
^ 3 ry