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“ wnnmin that country —Bold as I naturally was, I could not fcemyl'elf tranfported, all of a fudden, into ithr fecrct apartment -of the women, without being * feized with fear. The lady eafdy perceived it, and 1 in order to clillipate my apprehension, laid, 4i Young man, fear nothing : Solyman is gone to his Country'S houfc ; where he will lemain all day : fo that we may ^ ,-converfc together freely”.
r Encouraged by thefe words, I affumed a look that Y redoubled the favourite’s joy. “ I am pica fed with t your perfon, (faid the) ar.d intend to foften the rigour l “ of your flavery : I believe you worthy .of the fenti- 5 ments I have conceived for you ; for tho’ you are in the drefs of a (lave, you have a noble and gallant air thatfhews you are not of the vulgar. Speak freely, and tell me who you are.—I know that captives of a j* noble birth difguife their rank, that they may be re- deemed at an eafier rate; but you have no occafion to • e behave in that manner with me : I (hould even be affronted at fuch a precaution, fince I promifeto fet you
7" at liberty.-Be fmcere, therefore, and confefs,
,r tdiat you are a young man of a good family.” “ Tru- S~ iy, madam, (I replied) it would be ingiatitude in me to to repay your generofity with dfflimulation ; and fince to you abfolutely charge me to reveal my quality, you mull be fatisfied. I am the fon ot a Spanifh gran* 1C * dee.” — Perhaps I fpoke truth : at leaft the fultana be- c * lievecl it ; and, plcafcd that (he had thiown her eyes 1 S upon -> gentleman of importance, affured me that it flv il(J lot be her fault, if we did not fee one another l “ ofti n in private—We had a pretty long converfation, '5 and I never faw a more engaging wo wap : (he under- e • flood feveral languages, efpeciallv the Caltilian, which n * fhe fpoke pretty well. When (he judged it time for ,e “ us to part, I went, by her order, into an ozier baf- ve ket, covered over with a flowered filk, the work of her own hand. Then the two (laves, who brought me 10 in, were called, and carried me out as a prefcht from of the
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