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*74 The ADVENTURES of
tions, my good aunt ! fo many are not necefftry
to make a girl’s fortune ; one of thefe talents is'
fufficient for the purpofe.”
Having thus paved the way, I waited for the
hour of the prince’s couchee ; then giving orders
to my coachman, I rejoined the count de Lemos,
■who told me that the prince, to get rid of his
company the fooner, would feign a flight indifpofi-
tion, and even go to bed, the better to perfuade
them .of hi? being flck ; but that he would rife a-
gain in an hour, and by a back-door, gain a pri¬
vate flair that led into the court-yard.
When he had informed me of what they had
concerted together, he ported me in a place through
which he aflured me they would pafs; and there
I danced attendance fo long, that I began to think
our gallant had taken another road, or loft his de-r-
fire of feeing Catalina, as if princes ufually
dropt thefe fort of whims before they have fatif- -
fied them. In fiiort, I imagined they had forgot
me altogether, when two men accofted me, whom
having difcerned to be thofe I expefted, I con¬
duced them to my coach, in which they feated
themfelves, while I got upon the coach-box to
tjireft the driver, whom I ordered to ftop about
fifty yards from the houfe. I then handed the
pj ince and his companion out of the coach, and
•we walked towards the place for which we were
bound. The gate opened at our approach, and-
Ih.ut again as foon as we got in.
At firft we found ourfelves in the fame dark-
nefs in which I had been introduced ; though by
way of dirtinflion there was a fmall lamp fixed
to the wall, the light of which was fo dim, that
we could only perceive it, without being lighted
by its rays. All this ferved only to make the ad¬
venture more agreeable to our h?ro, who was fen-
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