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"That is a wish easily granted," said the Earl--"the sober russet shall

be donned to-o with you to one of your castles, to

see how the richness of your dwelling will correspond with your peasant

habit?"

"Why, A around, "are not these apartave the most unbounded order,

and, methinks, it has been indifferently well obeyed; but if thou

canst tell ive

direction"

"Nay, aiety of

this rich lodging exceeds ination as much as it does my desert

But shall not your wife, my love--at least one day soon--be surrounded

with the honour which arises neither from the toils of the mechanic

who decks her apartenerosity adorns her, but which is attached to her place aland's noblest Earl?"

"One day?" said her husband "Yes, Amy, my love, one day this shall

surely happen; and, believe me, thou canst not wish for that day more

fondly than I With what rapture could I retire from labours of state,

and cares and toils of anity and honour

on my own broad domains, with thee, my lovely Amy, for my friend and