albeit thou cheateft us feven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with fo many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shape of fo many angels of light, 'tis a fhame to break with thee.

When we had got to the door of the Remise, fhe withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original it was a face of about fix and twenty of a clear transparent brown, fimply fet off without rouge or powder

it was not critically handfome, but there was that in it, which attach'd me much more to it it was interefting; I fancied it wore the characters of a widow'd lock, and in that state of its declenfion, which had paffed the two first paroxyfms of forrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its lofs but a thousand other diftreffes might have traced the fame lines; I wish'd to know what they had been and was ready to enquire, (had the fame bon ton of converfation permitted, as in the days of Efdras)

"What aileth thee? and why art thou difquieted? and why is thy understanding troubled?? In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and refolved fome way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy - if not of fervice.

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Such were my temptations and in this dif pofition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned clofer to the door of the Remife than what was abfolutely neceffary.

THE REMISE DOOR.

TH

CALAIS.

HIS certainly, fair lady! faid I, raising her hand up a little lightly as I began, must be one of Fortune's whimsical doings: to take two utter ftrangers by their hands-of different fexes, and perhaps from different corners of the globe, and in one moment placé them together in fuch a cordial fituation, as Friendship herself could fcarce have atchieved for them, had the projected it for a month

-And your reflection upon it, fhews how much, Monfieur, fhe has embarrassed you by the adventure.

When the fituation is what we would wifh, nothing is fo ill timed as to hint at the circumftances which make it fo: you thank Fortune, continued the you had reafon the heart knew it, and was fatisfied; and who but an Englifh philofopher would have fent notice of it to the brain to reverse the judgment?

In faying this, the difengaged her hand with a look which I thought a fufficient commentary upon the text.

It is a miferable picture which I am going to give of the weakness of my heart, by owning, that it fuffered a pain, which worthier occafions could not have inflicted. — -I was mortified with the lofs of her hand, and the manner in which I had loft it carried neither oil nor wine

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to the wound: I never felt the pain of a sheepifh inferiority fo miferably in my life.

The triumphs of a true feminine heart are thort upon thefe difcomfitures. In a very few feconds the laid her hand upon the cuff of my coat, in order to finish her reply; fo fome way or other, God knows how, I regained my fituation.

-She had nothing to add.

I forthwith began to model a different converfation for the lady, thinking from the fpirit as well as moral of this, that I had been miftaken in her character; but upon turning her face towards me, the fpirit which had animated the reply was fled the muscles relaxed, and I beheld the fame unprotected look of dif tress which first won me to her interest

melancholy to fee fuch fprightliness the prey. of forrow. I pitied her from my foul; and though it may feem ridiculous enough to a torpid heart, I could have taken her into my arms, and cherished her, though it was in the open street, without blushing.

The pulfations of the arteries along my fin-gers preffing across hers, told her what was paffing within me :: she looked down- -a filence

of fome moments followed..

I fear, in this interval, I must have madesome flight efforts towards a clofer compreffion of her hand, from a subtle fenfation I felt in the palm of my ownnot as if he was going to withdraw hers- but as if the thought about it and I had infallibly loft it a fecond time, had not inftin&t more than reafon directed me to the last resource in these dan

gers to hold it loosely, and in a manner as if I was every moment going to releafe it, of myfelf; fo the let it continue, till Monfieur Dessein returned with the key; and in the mean time I fet myself to confider how I fhould undo the ill impreffions which the poor monk's story, in cafe he had told it her, must have planted in her breast against me.

THE

THE SNUFF-BOX.

CALAIS.

HE good old monk was within fix paces

TH of us, as the idea of him crofs'd my

mind; and was advancing towards us a little out of the line, as if uncertain whether he should break in upon us or no. - He stopp'd, however, as soon as he came up to us, with a world of frankness; and having a horn fnuff-box in his hand, he prefented it open to me-Yon fhall tafte mine-faid I, pulling out my box (which was a fmall tortoife one) and putting it into his hand-'Tis moft excellent, faid the monk: Then do me the favour, I replied, to accept of the box and all, and when you take a pinch out of it, fometimes recollect it was the peace offering of a man who once ufed you un'kindly, but not from his heart.

The poor monk blush'd as red as fcarlet, Mon Dieu faid he, preffing his hands togetheryou never used me unkindly.I fhould think, faid the lady, he is not likely. I blush'd in my turn; but from what movements, I leave to the few who feel to analyfe Excufe me, madame, replied II treated him moft unkindly and from no provocations 'Tis impoffible faid the lady. My God! cried the monk, with a warmth of affeveration which feemed not to belong to him the fault was in me, and in the indifcretion of my zeal the lady oppofed it, and I joined with her in maintaining it was impoffible,

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