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part of that instruction she had received on the 

 more humble class of her own sex. Returning 

 from one of these charitable visits, and entering 

 the gay saloon of her aunt, where her entry or 

 exit was now scarcely noticed, she found the 

 party amused in selecting flowers, whilst the 

 Count and the other beaux were to make verses 

 on the choice of each of the ladies. Charlotte 

 was desired to make, her selection of a flower ; 

 the sprighdy Amelia had taken a Rose ; others a 

 Carnation, a Lily, or the flowers most likely to 

 call forth compliment ; and the deUcate idea of 

 Charlotte in selecting the most humble flower, 

 by placing a sprig of Mignonette in her bosom, 

 would probably have passed unnoticed, had not 

 the flirtation of her gay cousin with a dashing 

 colonel, who was more celebrated for his con- 

 quests in the drawing-room than in the field of 

 battle, attracted the notice of the Count so as to 

 make his uneasiness visible, which the amiable 

 Charlotte, who, ever studious of Amelia's real 

 happiness, wished to amuse and to call back the 

 mind of her cousin, demanded the verse for the 

 Rose. The Count saw this affectionate trait in 

 Charlotte's conduct, took out his pencil, and 

 wrote for the Rose, 



" EUe ne vit qiiunjour, ct ne plait quun moment;' 



