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BOOK II.
"He, of wide-blooming youth's fair flower possest,
Owns the vain thoughts--the heart that cannot rest!"
SIMONIDES, /in Tit. Hum/.
CHAPTER I.
"Il y eut certainement quelque chose de singulier dans mes
sentimens pour cette charmante femme."*--ROUSSEAU.
* There certainly was something singular in my sentiments for this
charming woman.
IT was a brilliant ball at the Palazzo of the Austrian embassy at