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SICILY AND MALTA. 135
sciousness of the deceit, not one of us had
power to answer him. Philip, however,
followed us, and repeated the question so
often, that we were obliged to give him a
reply, "a mezzo notte."—At midnight he
came to tell us that the coach was ready.—•■
We were curious to see how he would be-
have on this occasion; for it was not half
so difficult to get in unobserved, as to get
out: however, Philip's genius was equal
to both.—As soon as we got into the entry,
he run to the door, bawling out Antonio,
as hard as he could roar.—No Antonio an-
swered ; and unfortunately, there was a
number of gentlemen and ladies going
away at the same time. They begged of
us, as strangers, to step first into our car-
riage, and absolutely resused to go out be-
fore us. Philip was sadly puzzled.—He
first ran up the street, then he ran down,
and came back all out of breath, curling
Antonio. " That rascal (said he) is never
in the way, and you mull turn him off.—
K 4 « Hs
sciousness of the deceit, not one of us had
power to answer him. Philip, however,
followed us, and repeated the question so
often, that we were obliged to give him a
reply, "a mezzo notte."—At midnight he
came to tell us that the coach was ready.—•■
We were curious to see how he would be-
have on this occasion; for it was not half
so difficult to get in unobserved, as to get
out: however, Philip's genius was equal
to both.—As soon as we got into the entry,
he run to the door, bawling out Antonio,
as hard as he could roar.—No Antonio an-
swered ; and unfortunately, there was a
number of gentlemen and ladies going
away at the same time. They begged of
us, as strangers, to step first into our car-
riage, and absolutely resused to go out be-
fore us. Philip was sadly puzzled.—He
first ran up the street, then he ran down,
and came back all out of breath, curling
Antonio. " That rascal (said he) is never
in the way, and you mull turn him off.—
K 4 « Hs