The Lady Adeline, as soon's she saw

That Juan was unlikely to resist—

(For foreigners don't know that a faux pas

In England ranks quite on a different list

From those of other lands unblest with juries,

Whose verdict for such sin a certain cure is;—)[MZ]

LXI.

The Lady Adeline resolved to take

Such measures as she thought might best impede

The farther progress of this sad mistake.