Chapter_716

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“My third⁠—”⁠—“Your third!” quoth Juan, turning round;

“You scarcely can be thirty: have you three?”

“No⁠—only two at present above ground:

Surely ’tis nothing wonderful to see

One person thrice in holy wedlock bound!”

“Well, then, your third,” said Juan; “what did she?

She did not run away, too⁠—did she, sir?”

“No, faith.”⁠—“What then?”⁠—“I ran away from her.”