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There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told. When two that are linked in one heavenly tie. With heart never changing, and brow never cold. Love on through all ills, and love on till they die. --Lalla Rookh.
Villiers had not been returned long, when the waiter came in, and informed them, that his mistress declined serving their dinner, till her bill of the morning was paid; and then he left the room. The gentle pair looked at each other, and laughed. "We must wait till Fanny comes, I fear," said Ethel; "for my purse is literally empty."