He was serious at first, but the sight of them put him into good humour, and in a few minutes Donna Seraphina (they call a lady a Donna in Spain) came in, saluting me ceremoniously, as if we had not been kissing for the hour together.

I did not remain long, as it was getting late, so I took a glass of the old gentleman's sour wine, and walked off, with a request from him to call again, the young lady paying me little or no attention during the time that I remained, or at my departure." "Well, Mr Chucks," observed I, "it appears to me that she was a very deceitful young person." "So she was, Mr Simple; but a man in love can't see, and I'll tell you why.

If he wins the lady, he is as much in love with himself as with her, because he is so proud of his conquest.

That was my case.

If I had had my eyes, I might have seen that she who could cheat her old father for a mere stranger, would certainly deceive him in his turn.