the more--(_chassez_) and the Russian fleet they say has passed the
Dardanelles, (_en avant quatre_) yet the papers say that the emperor
sincerely desires peace.--Yes, but Count Metternich wishes for war,
(_balancez_) so we have also a new coalition against us. England,
Portugal, Naples, Turkey, the Emperor, Russia, perhaps the empire
of Prussia, (_Faites face et chassez tous les huit_)--well we have
bayonettes, (_la poussette_) besides it is not so far from Dover to
Calais, (_traversez_)--Do you belong to the conscription?--Yes, and I
too; (_pirouettez_) what makes me uneasy is to know what will become
of our partners when we are gone: (_La chaine des dames_)--what will
be left to amuse them (_La queu du chat_.) It was thus that days of
terror were preceded by evenings of amusement and pleasure.

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INTUITIVE AFFECTION.

"There are three things," said a wit, "which I have always loved
without ever understanding them, painting, music, and woman."

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RETORT UNCOURTEOUS.

A lady, well known in the fashionable vicinity of Portland-place,
always accosts a stranger, with "I think I have seen you somewhere,"
which often leads to a clue for her finding out the history of the
party. One evening she played off the same game on a gentleman, who