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THE INVITATION.
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THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.

You will sit on old chairs, round an old table, by the light of old lamps, suspended from pointed arches, which, Mr. Chainmail says, first came into use in the twelfth century; with old armour on the pillars, and old banners in the roof.

LADY CLARINDA.

And what curious piece of antiquity is the lady of the mansion?

THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.

No antiquity there; none.

LADY CLARINDA.

Who was she?

THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.

That I know not.

LADY CLARINDA.

Have you seen her?