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beside her, and the sorrowful unhappy Palmis leaned languishingly against a pillar, thought of the perfidious Chrisel, and was mournfully silent. Chrisel approached Phanor, who was walking full of thought. Being desirous of saying something civil of the queen, he followed the genius, and, as soon as he was near enough Altemira to be heard, stopped, and, with a look of great complaisance, addressing himself to the genius, said, How much the queen shows her age to-day; it is not possible to think her less than eight and thirty.

Altemira, though still beautiful, was no longer vain of her person, but smiled. You flatter me, said she.

I intended so to do, Madam.

How do you like my dress?

Not at all; it is much too youthful for your majesty.

After thus replying, with a most obliging and gentle tone and manner, Chrisel, quite satisfied with himself, and with what he thought he had said, bowed, and rejoined Phanor.

Zoram advanced toward Palmis, and, desi-

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