the Remise, he introduced himself 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 presented myself-so turning about to her, he did it just as well by asking her, if she had come from Paris? No: she was going that rout, she said, Vous n'êtes pas de Londres? She was not, she replied. Then Madame must have come thro' Flanders.-Apparamment vous êtes Flammande? faid the French captain. The lady answered, she was. Peut-être, de Liste? added he-She faid, she was not of Lifle.-Nor Arras? -nor Cambray?-nor Ghent?-nor Bruf fels? She anfwered, she was of Bruffels. He had had the honour, he said, to be at the bombardment of it last war-that it was finely fituated pour cela and full of noblesse when the Imperialists were driv en en out by the French (the lady made a flight curtsy)-so giving her an account of the affair, and of the share 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 steps-and without staying for an answer -danced down the street., Had I served seven years apprenticeship to good breeding, I could not have done as much. As s the little French captain left us, Monf. Dessein came up with the key of the Remise in his hand, and forthwith let us into his imagazine of chaifes...! The first object which caught my eye, as Monf. Dessein 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 so much in the coach-yard but an hour before the very fight of it stirr'd up a disagreeable sensation within me now; and I thought 'twas a churlish beast into whose heart the idea could first enter, to construct such a machine; nor had Imuch more charity for the man who could think of using it. 1 I observed the lady was as little taken with it as myself: so Monf. Dessein led us on to a couple of chaises which flood abreaft, telling us as he recommended them, that they had been purchased 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 newThey were too good-fo I pass'd on to a third, which stood behind, and forthwith began to chaffer for the price-But 'twill scarce hold two, said I, opening the door and getting in-Have the goodness, Madam, faid Monfieur Deffein, offering his arm, to step in-The lady hefitated half a second, and stepp'd in; and the waiter that moment beckoning to speak to Monf. Dessein, he shut the door of the chaise upon us, and left us. THE REMISE. CALAI S. C'EST bien comique, 'tis very droll, faid the lady fimiling, from the reflection that this was the second time we had been left together by a parcel of nonfenfical contingencies- c'est bien comique, faid -There wants nothing, faid I, to make it fo, but the comick use which the gallantry of a Frenchiman would put it to to make love the first moment, and an offer of his person the fecond. 'Tis their fort: replied the lady. : |