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She called her husband now and then apart,And bade him counsel Juan . 'With a smile

Lord Henry heard her plans of artless artTo wean Don Juan from the Siren's wilej

And answer’d, like a Statesman or a Prophet,

In such guise that she could make nothing of it*

LXYI.

Firstly, he said, «he never interfered

«In any body’s business but the king’s:"

Next, that «he never judged from what appear’d,« Without strong reason, of those sorts ofthings:"

Thirdly, that «Juan had more brain than beard,«And was not to be held in leading strings;

And fourthly, what need hardly be said twice,

«That good but rarely came from good advice."

LXYI I.

And, therefore, doubtless to approve the truthOf the last axiom, he advised his spouse