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II

“No misery I see in that”⁠—

“Boredom, my friend, behold the ill⁠—”

“Your fashionable world I hate,

Domestic life attracts me still,

Where⁠—”⁠—“What! another eclogue spin?

For God’s sake, Lenski, don’t begin!

What! really going? ’Tis too bad!

But Lenski, I should be so glad

Would you to me this Phyllis show,

Fair source of every fine idea,

Verses and tears et cetera.

Present me.”⁠—“You are joking.”⁠—“No.”⁠—

“Delighted.”⁠—“When?”⁠—“This very night.

They will receive us with delight.”