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Are you happy?

The question is addressed to you: answer, my children.

The moment she had spoken, her two eldest daughters, with tears of joy in their eyes, ran to her arms, with the most tender expression of gratitude, and the children all cried at once, She is happy in us, and we love her with all our hearts.

Heaven be praised, exclaimed Gelanor, for my eyes have this day beheld a happy being. Let me beseech you, Madam, to tell your name?

I am called Eudemonia.

Indulge me in a few questions. How long have you enjoyed the pure and affecting happiness, of which you now present so delightful a picture?

Ever since I have been a mother.

What kind of life do you lead?

I live retired; devote one half of the day to my children, and the other to study and friendship.

Have you many friends?

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