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The reading of this letter, though it made me mournful, did not hinder me from paying the visit I intended. My friend noticed my discomposure.
"What, Arthur! thou art quite the 'penseroso' to-night. Come, let me cheer thee with a song. Thou shalt have thy favourite ditty. " She stepped to the instrument, and, with more than airy lightness, touched and sung: --