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disagreeabie, speak, Agelia, and, whatever it may cost me, I am gone; your repose is dearer to me than my own happiness.

Agelia, at first, replied to this kind declaration with equal tenderness and embarrassment; then taking a tone of pleasantry, she preserved her gaiety for part of the day; and toward evening fell into a mild melancholy, which gave her new charms, and rendered her so lovely, that my heart was gone past retrieving.

After supper I led her to the terrace, where, perceiving the sky soon thick with stars, Agelia stopped and looked up at the heavens in ecstasy. O enchanting sight! cried she,

I instantly fell at her knees, and dared to describe the sensations she inspired. She heard me without interruption; I saw she was affected; saw her tears began to flow, and pressed her to reply. After a moment's silence, Phanor, said she, drying her tears, I am not insensible of your favours, and especially of your tenderness, but give me time

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