his loyal subjects, and makes a very pretty figure in his fine clothes,
with my diamond snuff-box.

Gla. And my diamond ring! But do you think he will be firm to the last?
I fancy I see symptoms of relenting: he will never keep up his rank,
if he once let out his conscience.

Beau. His oath binds him! he cannot retract without being
foresworn, and those low fellows are always superstitious!
But, as it is, I tremble lest he be discovered: that bluff
Colonel Damas (Madame Deschappelles' cousin) evidently suspects him:
we must make haste and conclude the farce: I have thought of a plan
to end it this very day.

Gla. This very day! Poor Pauline: her dream will be soon over.

Beau. Yes, this day they shall be married; this evening,
according to his oath, he shall carry his bride to the Golden Lion,
and then pomp, equipage, retinue, and title, all shall vanish at once;
and her Highness the Princess shall find that she has refused the son
of a Marquis, to marry the son of a gardener.--Oh, Pauline! once loved,
now hated, yet still not relinquished, thou shalt drain the cup
to the dregs,--thou shalt know what it is to be humbled!

Enter from the house, MELNOTTE, as the Prince of Como, Ieading
in PAULINE; MADAME

DESCHAPPELLES, fanning herself; and COLONEL DAMAS.

[BEAUSEANT and GLAVIS bow respectfully. fully. PAULINE and