’Friends,’continuedthePrince,’IamthatGiglio,Iam,infact,Paflagonia。Rise,Smith,andkneelnotinthepublicstreet。Jones,thoutrueheart!Myfaithlessuncle,whenI
wasababy,filchedfrommethatbravecrownmyfatherleftme,bredme,allyoungandcarelessofmyrights,likeuntohaplessHamlet,PrinceofDenmark;andhadIanythoughtsaboutmywrongs,soothedmewithpromisesofnearredress。Ishouldespousehisdaughter,youngAngelica;wetwoindeedshouldreigninPaflagonia。Hiswordswerefalse——falseasAngelica’sheart!——falseasAngelica’shair,colour,frontteeth!ShelookedwithherskeweyesuponyoungBulbo,CrimTartary’sstupidheir,andshepreferredhim。’TwasthenIturnedmyeyesuponBetsinda——Rosalba,asshenowis。AndIsawinhertheblushingsumofallperfection;thepinkofmaidenmodesty;
thenymphthatmyfondhearthadeverwoo’dindreams,’etc。
etc。
(Idon’tgivethisspeech,whichwasveryfine,butverylong;