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reafon of this; but- had flaid only a few minutes when I 
_heard one of the doors at the end of the paflage open, and 
_ Sittina appeared magnificently drefled, with a kind of round 
cap of folid gold upon the crown of her head, all beat very. 
thin, and hung round with fequins ; with a variety of gold. 
-Chains, folitaires, and necklaces of the fame metal, about. 
herneck. Her hair was plaited in ten or twelve fmall di- 
vifions like tails, which hung down. below her’ waift, and 
over her was thrown a common cotton white garment. She. 
had a purple filk ftole, or fearf, hung very gracefully upon. 
her back, brought again round her waift, without covering ~ 
her fhoulders or arms. Upon her writs fhe had two brace- 
lets like handcuits, about half an inch thick; and two gold 
mianacles of the fame at her feet, fully an inch diameter, . 
the moft difagreeable and aukward part of all her-drefs.. 
I expected fhe would have hurried: through with fome af- 
fectation of furprife. On the-contrary, fhe ftopt in the middle 
of the paflage, faying, in a very grave manner,;“ Kifhalec,” 
_—how are you? [I thought this was an opportunity of kit. 
fing her hand, which I did, without her thewimg any fort 
_. of reluctance. “ Allow meas a phyfician, faid I, Madam, 
to fay one word.” She bowed with her head, and faid, “Go 
in at that door, and I will. hear you.”. The flave appeared, 
and carried me through’a door at the bottom of the paflage 
into a room, while her miftrefs vanifhed in at another door 
at the top, and there was the fcreen:I had feen the day be-- 
fore, and the lady fitting behind it.” 
SHE wasa woman fcarcely forty, taller than: the middle 
fize, had a very round, plump face, her mouth rather large, 
very red lips, the fimeft teeth and eyes I have feen, but at she 3 
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