In short, they seemed to relish
each other's conversation, during which our young Damon acquitted
himself with great skill in all the duties of gallantry: he laid
hold of proper opportunities to express his admiration of her
charms, had recourse to the silent rhetoric of tender looks, breathed
divers insidious sighs, and attached himself wholly to her during
the remaining part of the entertainment.
When the company broke up, he attended her to her lodgings, and
took leave of her with a squeeze of the hand, after having obtained
permission to visit her next morning, and been informed by the
mother that her name was Miss Emilia Gauntlet.
All night long he closed not an eye, but amused himself with plans
of pleasure, which his imagination suggested in consequence of this
new acquaintance. He rose with the lark, adjusted his hair into
an agreeable negligence of curl, and dressing himself in a genteel
gray frock trimmed with silver binding, waited with the utmost
impatience for the hour of ten, which no sooner struck than he hied
him to the place of appointment, and inquiring for Miss gauntlet,
was shown into a parlour.
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