XXXIX.

But Adeline, who probably presumed

That Juan had enough of maintenance,

Or separate maintenance, in case 't was doomed—

As on the whole it is an even chance

That bridegrooms, after they are fairly groomed,

May retrograde a little in the Dance

Of Marriage—(which might form a painter's fame,

Like Holbein's "Dance of Death"[749]—but 't is the same)—

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