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To trace all actions to their secret springsWould make indeed some melancholy mirth;But this is not at present my concern,

And I refer you to wise Oxenstiern. ( 3 )

LX.

With the kind view of saving an eclat,

Both to the dutchess and diplomatist,

The Lady Adeline, as soon’s she sawThat Juan was unlikely to resist —

(For foreigners don’t know that a faux pasIn England ranks quite on a different listFrom those of other lands unblest with Juries,Whose verdict for such sin a certain cure is;) —

LXI.

The Lady Adeline resolved to take

Such measures as she thought might bestimpede