XXXIX.

Don Juan was presented, and his dress

And mien excited general admiration—

I don't know which was more admired or less:

One monstrous diamond drew much observation,

Which Catherine in a moment of "ivresse"
(In Love or Brandy's fervent fermentation),

Bestowed upon him, as the public learned;

And, to say truth, it had been fairly earned.

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