That  did  not,  however,  prevent  me  from  making


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great  way  in  her  good  graces,  and  Hans,  who  per-
ceived he  was  losing  ground  fast,  very  wisely  deter-
mined to  renounce  the  contest,  to  which  he  found
himself  unequal,  pulled  his  cap  down  over  his  eyes,
and  composed  himself  to  sleep.  I  laid  my  head
down,  without  ceremony,  in  the  lap  of  Mademoiselle,
and  in  five  minutes  was  as  fast  as  a  church.  The
lady  followed  the  example  of  her  two  lovers,  and,
in  this  manner,  at  five  in  the  morning  we  reached
Amsterdam.  I  certainly  had  no  right  in  the  world
to  teaze  poor  Hans  ;  but,  "  Des  Chevaliers  Frangais
tel  est  le  caracthre  /'  besides,  that  he  seemed  "  not
to  be  made  of  penetrable  stuff."  I  will  not  venture
to  say  as  much  of  Mademoiselle,  who,  by-the-by,  was
very  pretty.
