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THE GUARDIAN.
N° 47 .
N° 47. Tueſday, May 5, 1713. By STEELE.
“ MADEMOISELLE Daubigné was conducted from madam Villete's to a relation who had a
law -ſuit then depending at Paris ; and being for that reaſonobliged to go thitherſhe carried ma demoiſelle Daubigné with her. . This lady hired apartments in the ſame houſe where the famous
Scaron was lodged. She made an acquaintance with him ; and one day, being obliged to go abroad alone úpon a viſit, ſhe deſired he would give her couſin leave, in the mean time, to come
and fit with him ; knowing very well that a young lady was in no danger from ſuch a per fon , and that perhaps it might turn to her ad vantage. Monſieur Scaron was, of all men liv
ing, the moſt unhappy in an untoward frame of body, being not only deformed, but likewiſe very infirm . In confideration of his wit and parts
he had a yearly penſion from the court of five hundred crowns. Scaron was charmed with the
converſation of mademoiſelle Daubigné ; and her kinſwoman took frequent opportunities of leav ing her with him . This gave Scaron occaſion to diſcover ſtill new beauties in her from time to
time. She would ſometimes entertain himn with
the ſtory of her adventures and her misfortunes, beginning even with what the fuffered before ſhe was born ; all which ſhe knew how to de
fcribe in ſo expreſſive and moving a manner, that
he found himſelf touched with a ſtrong compaf
