ll in the face, and asked what was the
reason of this and what I had been about to occasion such a state of
things.

I was very well pleased to have such a good opportunity of coming to
the point, and I at once answered that, having been deprived of the
pleasure of seeing her in the morning and despairing of being able to
accomplish a meeting with her that day, I had been reduced to the
necessity of seeking consolation in the embraces of one whose charms
put me so much in mind of her that I had almost believed it was her in
reality and had been tempted to exceed the limits I had intended to
have placed upon myself.

She inquired with some heat and astonishment what I meant. But she
blushed scarlet when I replied that Frank and I had been rehearsing
some of her lessons. She was at first rather annoyed at what I told
her; but when I explained to her that I had not made Frank aware of
what had passed between us until I was sure of her approbation and that
his reason for confiding in me was the hope of my being of use in
enabling him to obtain the bliss he so much coveted--of again regaling
himself in her charms--she was quite appeased.

I had little difficulty in discerning that she was highly delighted
with the glowing description I gave of his youthful charms and
especially of the size and prowess of her old acquaintance. I dwelt on
this and on the necessity there was of taking him into our confidence,
and even making him a partner in our amusements, unless we were to give
them up entirely, for there could be no doubt if we went on that he
would soon discover the footing we were on. Although I could not get
her to say that she would consent to this, I was tolerably well
satisfied she would make no great opposition. I therefore ceased to
urge the point, telling her that she must leave it to me to arrange
matters with Frank, if I found it was necessary, and that I would take
care not to commit her more than was absolutely requisite.

We had continued to caress each other during this conversation and her
charms producing their usual effect upon me I was soon able to point
out to her the flourishing condition of her favorite.

I exerted myself notwithstanding my previous night's work to show her
that it had not quite exhausted me; and at length she left me quite
reconciled by the result of three vigorous encounters.

When Frank came to me that night he was somewhat surprised at the state
of my rather enervated champio