farther than the amusement or sympathy of the reader.




PART I




THE PICTURE




H. Oh! is it you? I had something to shew you--I have got a picture
here. Do you know any one it's like?

S. No, Sir.

H. Don't you think it like yourself?

S. No: it's much handsomer than I can pretend to be.

H. That's because you don't see yourself with the same eyes that others
do. I don't think it handsomer, and the expression is hardly so fine as
yours sometimes is.

S. Now you flatter me. Besides, the complexion is fair, and mine is
dark.