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UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

joined the party, and the news which had caused such a convulsion among the ancient musicians was unfolded to him. 'Well,' he said, blushing at the allusion to Miss Day, 'I know by some words of hers that she has particularly wished not to play, because she is a friend of ours; and how the alteration comes, I don't know.'

'Now, this is my plan,' said the tranter, turning from Dick and reviving the spirit of the discussion by the infusion of new ideas, as was his custom. 'This is my plan; if you don't like it, no harm's done. We all know one another very well, don't we, naibours?'

That they knew one another very well was received as a statement of much relevance to the present subject, and one which, though very familiar, should not in the nature of things be omitted in introductory speeches.

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