She home had run, or something wished to seek.

THE company retired, Camillus said,

He meant to write before he went to bed,

And told his valet he might go to rest

A lucky circumstance, it is confessed.

Thus left alone, and as the belle desired;

Who, from her soul, the spark so much admired;

Yet knew not how the subject to disclose,

Or, in what way her wishes to propose;

At length, with trembling accents, she revealed;