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"I thought Richard had gone"

"And you were breaking your heart, that is easy to be seen He has gone,

but he will coht o'clock No matter what

happens, be at the river-side Do not fail Dick: he is taking his life

in his hand to see you"

"I will be there"

"La! what are you crying for, child? Poor girl! What are you crying for?

Dick, the scamp? He is not worthy of such pure tears; and yet, believe

one, without a word"

"Faith, you are not coentleman I do, indeed And, as he is yet perfectly in his senses, you

o to Boston to-morrow?"

"The colonel does At present, I have no such intentions But I had to

have some extraordinary excuse, and I could invent no other However,

you , if you only say it with an assurance Madam wished

me a pleasant journey I felt a little sorry to deceive so fine a lady"

"When will Richard return?"