'But you are a very idle-minded young gentleman; you must still have your joke, I see: I only hope you will have no cause to regret it.' 'I pray you not to suppose, because I speak lightly, that I do not feel deeply,' said I.

'Your kindness has quite conquered me; I lay myself at your disposition, I beg you to believe, with real tenderness; I pray you to consider me from henceforth as the most devoted of your friends.' 'Well, well,' she said, 'here comes your devoted friend the drover.

I'm thinking he will be eager for the road; and I will not be easy myself till I see you well off the premises, and the dishes washed, before my servant-woman wakes.

Praise God, we have gotten one that is a treasure at the sleeping!' The morning was already beginning to be blue in the trees of the garden, and to put to shame the candle by which I had breakfasted.

The lady rose from table, and I had no choice but to follow her example.