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Lud! what a group the motley scene discloses, False wits, false wives, false virgins, and false spouses. -- Goldsmith's Epilogue to the Comedy of the Sisters.
Madame D'Anville kept her promise -- the invitation was duly sent, and accordingly at half past ten to the Rue D'Anjou I drove.