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heard was very ill. Under pretence of leading 

 him the fineft road, fhe took him on the longeft, 

 which was indeed the leafl frequented. She had 

 a good deal of penetration -, (he imagined, that 

 the motive of this fecret arofe from their carry- 

 ing on fomething to the difadvantage of the 

 French ; what confirmed her conje6lures, were 

 the preparations which the Sun of the Apple 

 was making. Finding herfelf in a folitary place 

 with her fon, £wt fpoke to him in the following 

 words : 



*' Let us fit down here, for I am tired, and 

 " I have likewife fomething to fay to thee •," as 

 foon as they were feated, fhe added, " Open 

 " thy ears to hear m.e ; I never taught thee to 

 " lie, and 1 always told thee, that a liar did not 

 " deferve to be ranked among men, and that a 

 " lying Sun deferved to meet with the greateft 

 " contempt, and even from women j therefore 

 " I believe thou wilt tell me truth. Tell me 

 " then, are not all the Suns brother-s ? How- 

 " ever, they all keep off from me, as if my lips 

 " were cut off, and 1 could not retain my woi-ds ; 

 " or doll thou think that I ever fpoke in my 

 " fleep. I am in defpair to fee myfelf flighted 

 " by my brothers, . but above all by thee. 

 *' What, art thou not my own offspring ? Haft 

 " thou not fuckled at my breafl ? And have I 



" not 



