It is fuppofed fo at least and how it has come to pafs, continued I, I know not; but they have certainly got the cre dit, 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 set of markfmen that ever tried. Cupid's patience,

-To think of making love by fen. timents!

I fhould as foon think of making a genteel fuit of cloaths out of remnants:— and to do it-pop-at first fight by decla, ration-is fubmitting the offer and themfelves with it, to be fifted, with all their pours and contres, by an unheated mind.

The lady attended as if the expected I fhould go on.

Confider

Confider then, Madam, continued I, laying my hand upon hers

And that all of us, both old and young, being ten times worfe frighten'd than hurt by the very report What a want of knowledge in this branch of commer ce a man betrays, whoever lets the word come out of his lips, till an hour or two at leaft after the time, that his filen ce upon it becomes tormenting. A courfe of fmall, quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm nor fo vague as to be mif

understood,-with now and then a look

of

I

of kindness, and little or nothing faid upon it-leaves Nature for your mistress, and fhe fafhions it to her mind.

Then I folemnly declare, faid the lady, blufhing-you have been making love to me all this while.

THE REMISE.

CALAIS.

MONSIEUR Deffein came back to let

us out of the chaife, and acquaint - the lady, the Count de L-- her brother was just arrived at the hotel. Though I had infinite good will for the lady, I cannot fay, that I rejoiced in my heart. at the event-and could not help telling her fo-for it is fatal to a proposal, Madam, faid I, that I was going to make to you

-You need not tell me what the. propofal was, faid fhe, laying her hand upon both mine, as fhe interrupted me. -A man, my good Sir, has feldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman,

but

but fhe has a prefentiment of it fome moments before

Nature arms her with it, faid I, for immediate preservation-But I think, faid fhe, looking in my face, I had no evil to apprehend--and to deal frankly with you, had determined to accept it. If I had (fhe flopped a moment)-I be lieve your good will would have drawn a flory from me, which would have made pity the only dangerous thing in the journey.

In faying this, fhe fuffered me to kiss her hand twice, and with a look of fenfibility mixed with a concern fhe got out of the chaife-and bid adieu,