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There is not her equal in the universe; her heart is honest and unpolluted, and deserving the love of a sylph.

And you love her?

The purity of her sentiments pleases me, and she has told me she has an inclination for me.

If you be beloved, what have you to fear? For, should ambition seduce her, she will be obliged to speak truth, and cannot, therefore, persuade me I have the preference.

O! I am certain of her heart; I am only fearful she should turn your head, and that you then might trouble our repose.

O! fear nothing, Zumio, I am no tyrant; besides, I do not wish to become your rival; and I protest I can converse without trouble or danger, however charming she may be, so long as you shall have her affections.

Since you are resolved to see her, let me go first and speak to her.

Why so?

Because—

Nay, answer.

Because I wish to prejudice her against you, by telling her your faults.

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