to her, in cafe I fhould never rejoin her myself in a word, I wifh'd to know her name-her family's-her conditions; and as I knew the place to which he was going, I wanted to know from whence fhe came; but there was no coming at all this intelligence; a hundred little delicacies ftood in the way. I form'd a fcore different plans -There was no fuch thing as a man's afking her directly-the thing was impoffible.

A little French debonaire captain, who came dancing down the street, fhewed me, it was the eafieft thing in the world; for popping in betwixt us, just as the lady was returning back to the door of the Remife, he introduced himfelf to my acquaintance, and before he had well got announced, begg'd I would do him the honour to present him to the lady-I had not been prefented myfelf-fo turning about to her, he did it just as well by asking her, if he had come from Paris? No: fhe was going that route, fhe faid.

Vous n'êtes pas de Londre?-She was not, the replied. Then Madame muft have come through Flanders-Apparemment vous êtes Flammande? faid faid the French captain-The lady answered, she was-Peut-être de Lifle? added he-She faid, fhe was not of Lifle.-Nor Arras? -nor Cambray ?-nor Ghent ?-Nor Bruffels? She anfwered, he was of Bruffels.

He had had the honour, he said, to be at the bombardment of it laft warthat it was finely fituated, pour celaand full of nobleffe when the Imperial, ifts were driven out by the French (the lady made a flight curtfy)-fo giving her an account of the affair, and of the fhare he had had in it-he begg'd the honour to know her name-fo made his bow.

Et Madame a fon Mari? faid he, looking back when he had made two fteps-and without ftaying for an anfwer-danced down the ftreet.

Had I ferved feven years apprenticefhip to good-breeding, I could not have done as much.

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s the little French captain left us, Monf. Deffein came up with the key of the Remife in his hand, and forthwith let us into his magazine of chaises.

:

The first object which caught my eye, as Monf. Deffein open'd the door of the Remife, was another old tatter'd Defobligeant and notwithstanding it was the exact picture of that which had hit my fancy fo much in the coach-yard but an hour before-the very fight of it ftirr'd up a difagreeable fenfation within me now; and I thought 'twas a churlifh beaft into whofe heart the idea could first enter, to conftruct such a machine; nor had I much more charity for the man who could think of ufing it.

I observed the lady was as little taken with it as myfelf: fo Monf. Deffein

led us on to a couple of chaifes which ftood abreast, telling us, as he recommended them, that they had been purchafed by my Lord A. and B. to go the grand tour, but had gone no further than Paris, fo were in all respects as good as new-They were too good. fo I pafs'd on to a third, which flood behind, and forthwith began to chaffer for the price. But 'twill fcarce hold two, faid I, opening the door and getting in Have the goodness, Madam, faid Monf. Deffein, offering his arm, to ftep in The lady hefitated half a fecond, and stepp'd in; and the waiter that moment beckoning to speak to Monf. Deffein, he fhut the door of the chaise upon us, and left us.

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C'EST bien comique, 'tis very droll,

said the lady smiling, from the re

flection that this was the fecond time we

had been left together by a parcel of nonfenfical contingencies-c'est bien co mique, faid fhe

-There wants nothing, faid I, to make it fo, but the comic ufe which the gallantry of a Frenchman would put it to-to make love the first moment, and an offer of his person the fecond.

'Tis their fort, replied the lady.

It is fuppofed fo at least-and how it has come to pafs, continued 1, I know not; but they have certainly got the credit of understanding more of love, and making it better than any other nation upon earth; but for my own part, I think them errant bunglers, and in truth the worst fet of markfmen that ever tried Cupid's patience.

To think of making love by

Sentiments!

I fhould as foon think of making a genteel fuit of cloaths out of remnants: -and to do it-pop-at firft fight by declaration-is fubmitting the offer and themselves with it, to be fifted with