This was a great point which our adventurer had gained; and yet
he plainly perceived that the governante mistook his meaning, by
giving herself credit for all the passion he had professed. As this
error could be rectified by no other means than those of plying
her with the bottle, until her distinguishing faculties should be
overpowered, he promoted a quick circulation. She did him justice,
without any manifest signs of inebriation, so long, that his own
eyes began to reel in the sockets, and he found that before his
scheme could be accomplished, he should be effectually unfitted
for all the purposes of love. He therefore had recourse to his
valet-de-chambre, who understood the hint as soon as it was given,
and readily undertook to perform the part of which his master had
played the prelude. This affair being settled to his satisfaction,
and the night at odds with morning, he took an opportunity of
imparting to the ear of this aged dulcinea a kind whisper, importing
a promise of visiting her when his sister should be retired to her
own chamber, and an earnest desire of leaving her door unlocked.
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