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"Iho! you are

so aboh- Cleone is only a huht too--I mean the powder of course, not the

redness Oh! indeed she's very human, and after all, your mother was

a Beverley, and I know you are rich and--ah! there she is--on the

terrace with the Captain, and I'm sure she has seen you, Barnabas,

because she's so vastly unconscious Observe the pose of her

head,--she has a perfect neck and shoulders, and she knows it There!

see her kissing the Captain,--that's all for my benefit, the yellow

minx! just because I happened to call hih

I don't knohat I e that dreadful

old service coat There! now she's patting his cheek--the golden jade!

Noatch her surprise when she pretends to catch sight of us!"

Hereupon, as they advanced over the smooth turf, the Duchess raised

her voice

"My bird!" she called in dulcet tones, "Clo dear, Cleone er-post, ave the least little start in the world, was

surprised, glad, de the