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He addressed these words in some measure to Edmund , who was sitting near him , and whose cigar smoked gayly . Edmund , although he did not know the counsellor , drew from his pocket his cigar-case , and tendered it , amicably , to the unfortunate man .
The counsellor joyfully took one , and no sooner put it to the flame , than light-grey silvery clouds arose , and mounted to the skies in whirling columns / c My dear sir / said he , you have relieved me from much annoyance . I thank you a thousand times . When this is finished I shall be rude enough to beg another from you . ' Edmund answered that all of them were at his service , and so
they separated . When it began to get dusk , Edmund was sitting alone , in a brown study , when the counsellor appeared again , and asked leave to take a seat beside him . Edmund suddenly experienced a desire to walk , and was going to leave the seat when he perceived a very handsome young lady near them . e My daug hter Albertine / said the counsellor to Edmund , wh 6 was so confused that he forgot to make his bow . In Albertine he
recognised a charming young person , whom he had once found standing before one of his pictures , at the exhibition . She explained , with clearness , to an old lady and two young ones who were with her , the meaning of the painter , and praised very much the artist who had produced such a work . Edmund , standing behind her , devoured with ardour the praises which flowed from such pretty lips ; but he did not dare to present himself to her as the artist . At that moment Albertine let fall her reticule , and
Edmund quickly stooped for it , so did Albertine , and their heads meeting together , Albertine cried out with pain . Edmund , affrig hted , stepped back upon the corns of the old lady , whose roarings increased the confusion . The company flocked in from the other rooms , and Edmund became the object of ail eyes and eye-glasses . They rubbed Albertine ' s forehead , they assisted the old lady to a seat , and all that the unfortunate Edmund had to do was to retire , amidst dreadful whisperings and titterings .
Love , however , at that critical moment , struck the heart ot Edmund , and it was only the sad recollection of his awkwardness that prevented him from seeking for the young lady in every corner of the town . He could only , in fancy , paint Albertine-with a bruised forehead and eyes full of tears and anger , ready to load him with reproaches . But , on this evening in question , the forehead of Albertine was as ivory-white as ever ; and as for her
eyes , as she cast them down and blushed excessively when Edmund approached her , we cannot pretend to say what they expressed . It happened , just after Edmund had been introduced to Albertine , that the counsellor wont from them to speak to an acquaintance , leaving the young people to entertain each other . Now all who hare the happiness to be acquainted with Miss
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The Choice . 18 * 7
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/43/
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