The bookfeller faid he had not fet in the world-Comment! faid I taking one up out of a fet which la upon the counter, betwixt us.

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faid, they were fent him only to b got bound, and were to be fent bac to Versailles in the morning to th Count de B****.

And does the Count de B**** faid I, read Shakespear? C'est u Efprit fort, replied the bookfeller.He loves English books; and wha is more to his honour, Monfieur he loves the English too. You fpeal this fo civilly, faid I, that 'tis enoug to oblige an Englishman to lay out Louis d'or or two at your shop-Th bookfeller made a bow, and wa going

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going to fay fomething, when a young decent girl of about twenty, who by her air and drefs feemed to be fille de chambre to fome devout woman of fashion, came into the fhop and asked for Les Egarments du Cœur & de l'Efprit: the bookfeller gave her the book directly; fhe pulled out a little green fattin purfe run round with a ribband of the fame colour, and putting her finger and thumb into it, she took out the money, and paid for it. As I had nothing more to stay me in the fhop, we both walked out of the door together.

And what have you to do, my dear, faid I, with The Wanderings. of the Ileart, who fcarce know yet you have one? nor, till love has

first told you it, or fome faithlefs fhepherd has made it ache, can'ft thou ever be fure it is fo.-Le Dieu m'en guard! faid the girl.-With reafon, faid I-for if it is a good one, 'tis pity it should be ftolen: 'tis a little treafure to thee, and gives a better air to your face, than if it was drefs'd out with pearls.

The young girl liftened with a fubmiffive attention, holding her fattin purfe by its ribband in her hand all the time-'Tis a very fmall one, faid I, taking hold of the bottom of it-fhe held it towards me-and there is very little in it, my dear, faid I; but be but as good as thou art handfome, and heaven will fill it: I had a parcel

parcel of crowns in my hand to pay for Shakespear; and as she had let go the purse intirely, I put a fingle one in; and tying up the ribband in a bow-knot, returned it to her.

The young girl made me more a humble courtesy than a low one'twas one of thofe quiet, thankful finkings where the fpirit bows itself down-the body does no more than tell it. I never gave a girl a crown in my life which gave me half the pleasure.

My advice, my dear, would not have been worth a pin to you, faid. I, if I had not given this along with it: but now, when you fee the crown, B 3

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you'll remember it-fo don't, my dear, lay it out in ribbands.

Upon my word, Sir, faid the girl earnestly, I am incapable-in faying which, as is ufual in little bargains of honour, fhe gave me her hand-E verité, Monfieur, je mettrai cet argent epart, faid fhe.

When a virtuous convention is made betwixt man and woman, it fanctifies their most private walks fo notwithstanding it was dufky, yet, as both our roads lay the fame way, we made no fcruple of walking along the Quai de Conti together.

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