LXXVIII.

To his gay nothings, nothing was replied,

Or something which was nothing, as Urbanity

Required. Aurora scarcely looked aside,

Nor even smiled enough for any vanity.

The Devil was in the girl! Could it be pride?

Or modesty, or absence, or inanity?

Heaven knows! But Adeline's malicious eyes

Sparkled with her successful prophecies,

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